Sujet

Martins Bank, Lombard Street, City and County of the City of London, GLA, 1950-1953. Creator: JR Uppington.

Légende

Martins Bank, Lombard Street, City and County of the City of London, Greater London Authority, 1950-1953. Looking east along Great George Street towards Big Ben and Parliament Square, with pedestrians on the pavement in the foreground. The sign of the grasshopper was the crest of the Gresham family, and was used to distinguish the house of Thomas Gresham in Lombard Street in the 16th century. Gresham was a financier to Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, and founder of the Royal Exchange. The sign bears Gresham's initials and the date 1563; it is believed he traded at the site from this date. The freehold of the Grasshopper, later numbered 68 Lombard Street, was purchased by John Martin in the 1740s. Martins Bank was demolished and rebuilt in 1930. The bank remained at the site until it merged with Barclays in 1969; the grasshopper was still hung outside 68 Lombard Street into the 21st century. It is believed that 68 Lombard Street is the longest continuous use of business premises as a bank.

Date

1950

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_200

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67,9Mo (3,0Mo) / 36,1cm x 47,2cm / 4258 x 5572 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors animal building England people walking pedestrians country sign pedestrian bank finance insect insects British English grasshopper location century city of london Britain B&W Lombard Street fifties emblem 1950s black & white black and white B W 20th century decade TGN outside street photograph Sir Thomas Gresham Gresham Thomas Gresham Thomas Sir Thomas Historic England Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder JR Uppington Uppington JR Martins Bank