Sujet

Chimney Piece, Tallow Chandlers' Hall, c1886. Creator: Henry Dixon & Son.

Légende

Chimney Piece, Tallow Chandlers' Hall, c1886. 'Tallow Chandlers' Hall, on Dowgate Hill, was rebuilt in 1672, after its destruction in the Great Fire [of London]. The Chimney-piece shown in the photograph is in the Court Parlour. Allen (History, vol.iii. p.517) speaks of a landscape over the mantel-piece. This was the fashion of the time, and explains the oblong found over mantel-pieces of the date. The pictures have generally long since disappeared; I can call to mind only one in the City seen many years ago, and that stuck full of holes. The Tallow Chandler's Chimney-piece is a very fine example of its kind. The table shown on the left is an interesting relic, having been rescued from the Great Fire.' Description by Alfred Marks. The Tallow Chandlers' are one of over a hundred Livery Companies in the City of London. Tallow Chandlers' Hall, its parlour and chimney piece exist today very much as shown in Dixon's photograph.

Date

1886

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A45_332

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53.9Mo (7.0Mo) / 32.2cm x 42.0cm / 3800 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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