Sujet

Entrance to Croydon Palace, Croydon, Surrey, c1800. Artist: Anon

Légende

Entrance to Croydon Palace, Croydon, Surrey, c1800. Croydon is now in the London borough of Croydon. A man can be seen begging from two figures. Croydon Palace used to be the summer residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. By the 18th century the palace with its 15th century Great Hall had fallen into disrepair, and it was sold in 1807.

Date

1800

Crédit

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

Notre référence

HRM19B02_438

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,0Mo (1,2Mo) / 34,2cm x 22,0cm / 4034 x 2601 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior building buildings London England people religious architecture archway arch country religion British English color colour medieval palace Christianity poor poverty entrance location century Britain begging concept outside residence beggar beggars bishop Architectural Feature 19th century mediaeval Middle Ages nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury Croydon Croydon Palace TGN watercolour Anon Anonymous