Title

Opening of the Royal Exchange, City of London, 1844. Artist: Newcombe

Caption

Opening of the Royal Exchange, City of London, 1844. Scene of the opening of the Royal Exchange by Queen Victoria on 28th October 1844; with a mounted guard escorting a coach watched by crowds in the streets and in adjacent buildings.

Date

1844

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A97_362

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (1019,3Kb) / 9,0in x 7,8in / 2708 x 2325 (300dpi)

Keywords

traffic transport transportation exterior road building buildings England people crowds opening ceremony architecture street commerce business bank finance statue color colour lane royal avenue location century bank of england city of london Royal Exchange procession royalty facade outside portico Architectural Feature pediment 19th century façade nineteenth century Opening Ceremony Threadneedle Street Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Cornhill TGN lithograph William Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Richard Queen Victoria Victoria Sir William Westmacott Sir William Tite Tite William Tite Richard Westmacott the younger Richard Westmacott III Newcombe GR Smith;Smith GR