The fireplace and picture in the boardroom at Hambros Bank, 41 Bishopsgate

Date:
Jul 1926
Location:
Hambros Bank, 41 Bishopsgate, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority, Ec2n
Reference:
BL28482
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The photograph is part of a set commissioned by Trollope and Colls, building contractors, taken to show the new head office (1926) of Hambros Bank, founded in 1839. The picture above the fireplace is believed to be a portrait painting of Sir Everard Alexander Hambro (1842-1925), merchant banker and first chairman of Hambros Bank Ltd.

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

Fireplace, Early 20th Century Bank (Financial)