Sujet

Pye Corner, London, 1812. Artist: George Shepheard

Légende

The figure of the 'boy at Pie Corner' off Giltspur Street, London, 1812. The statue commemorates the Great Fire of London in 1666, which started in Pudding Lane and ended at Pie Corner, and was formerly believed to have been occasioned by the sin of gluttony.

Date

1812

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A91_226

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,2Mo) / 31,1cm x 40,3cm / 3674 x 4756 (300dpi)

Mots clés

road England people male boy boys child children event architecture street naked monument color colour lane avenue commemoration location disaster century city of london catastrophe concept gluttony nakedness commemorate 19th century nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Giltspur Street Great Fire of London 1666 Pie Corner TGN watercolour George Shepheard Shepheard George