Title

Lloyd's Subscription Room - as it appeared at the entrance of Her Majesty, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Lloyd's Subscription Room - as it appeared at the entrance of Her Majesty, 1844. Queen Victoria visits Lloyd's insurance company in the Royal Exchange building, City of London. The room '...occupies the entire of the eastern side of the merchants' area, and is lighted from three principal windows from that side, as well as six raised skylights. The paneling of the walls is in accordance with the Italian style of the whole building, and the united shield of the arms of the City of London and Trinity Corporation are among the conspicuous ornaments seen in the room, Its dimensions are 98 feet long, by 40 feet'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM21A06_314

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63,1Mb (7,3Mb) / 16,5in x 14,8in / 4960 x 4449 (300dpi)

Keywords

building England people interior architecture finance monarch British room royal Victorian century city of london Royal Exchange Britain inside insurance newspapers press interior design royalty B&W banquet interior decoration banquet hall 19th century Indoors black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector banqueting hall Illustrated London News insurance company sovereign TGN ILN Lloyd's of London Queen newspaper engraving Unknown Queen Victoria Victoria Alexandrina Victoria Empress of India Queen of Great Britain and Ireland