Detail of a wall painting in the Royal Exchange by Sir Frederick Leighton depicting 'Phoenicians trading with the early Britons on the coast of Cornwall'

Date:: 7 Nov 1898

Location:: Royal Exchange, Cornhill, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority

Reference:: BL15026

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

The Royal Exchange was rebuilt during the 1840s to the designs of Sir William Tite. In the 1895 Leighton presented the first of a series of paintings by various artists used to decorate 24 large panels with illustrations of the history of trade, the Royal Exchange and the City of London. The Bedford Lemere daybook records that this photograph was taken for the Cornish Magazine.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Wall Painting, Victorian Exchange