Sujet

Old Houses, Moorfields, 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Old Houses, Moorfields, [London], 1858. 'The picturesque ornamentation in the front of the house shown in the Engraving is probably of the date of the latter part of the reign of Henry VIII., and was much used in London during that and the three succeeding reigns...In the reigns of Charles I. and II. plaster patterns of greater beauty and more refinement were much used in the better class of houses, and harmonised well with the elaborately carved woodwork which was then in fashion. Most of these ceilings have now been removed ; the exterior scroll-work even on the house in Moor-fields has altogether disappeared, and a hostelry, made splendid with plate-glass, brass-work, and Grecian capitals, has supplied the place of the unassuming entrance which was formerly here; and so great is the change that, although the old frame remains behind, it would puzzle a good antiquary to recognise an ancient house with such a new face...From an examination of this neighbourhood it seems evident that this row of houses formerly looked into the fields'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A82_179

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Format disponible

5,9Mo (656,8Ko) / 10,7cm x 13,9cm / 1266 x 1637 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building buildings England house houses architecture shopping shop shops arts pub art British public house color decoration decorative inn store shop front location century city of london Britain newspapers press print shopfront terraced house terraced houses decorated B&W row house tavern storefront engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white row houses B W rowhouse rowhouses white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Moorfields plasterwork TGN ILN outside newspaper Unknown King's Arms 19th-century