Title

'Langham Hotel', (c1878). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Langham Hotel', (c1878). The Langham Hotel in Marylebone, London, was designed by John Giles and built between 1863 and 1865. Famous guests include Mark Twain, Napoleon III, Oscar Wilde, Antonín Dvorák and Arturo Toscanini. It was one of the first buildings to be installed with electric lighting, (1879). From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1878

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D50_429

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,4Mb (6,0Mb) / 18,9in x 13,2in / 5680 x 3964 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors city building buildings London England job architecture country electricity occupation British English electric hotel location Victorian century architectural Britain profession first concept outside B&W MONOCHROME publication 19th century black & white black and white B W publisher nineteenth century Marylebone City of Westminster The Print Collector electric lighting TGN landscape Old and New London Cassell Unknown Edward Walford Edward Walford Langham Hotel Cassell & Company Ltd Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company Edward Walford landscape