Sujet

'The Lion's Head at Button's.', (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'The Lion's Head at Button's.', (1881). Letter box decorated with a lion's head, at Button's Coffee House on Russell Street, Westminster, London, and used for literary articles in the 18th century. 'A letter box in the form of a lion's head with open jaws was put up at Button's for the receipt of contributions to The Guardian' [newspaper]. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D50_322

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,6Mo (2,5Mo) / 33,1cm x 46,6cm / 3915 x 5502 (300dpi)

Mots clés

ville animal Londres le travail pays lion métier Britannique Anglais endroit siècle La Grande-Bretagne profession B&W café MONOCHROME boîte de lettre journalisme publication édition 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W éditeur dix-neuvie siècle The Print Collector Old and New London Unknown Edward Walford Edward Walford Cassell & Company Ltd Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company Button's Coffee House