A stone tablet depicting a hare, dated 1725, on the wall of 79-80 Shoreditch High Street over the passage to Hare Alley. In the foreground, a horse is standing in the road next to a lamp post.

Date:: 1890 - 1899

Location:: 79-80 Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch, Hackney, Greater London Authority

Reference:: OP16613

Type:: Photograph (Platinum Print)

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Description

The photograph shows the tablet before 1900. The 'Survey of London: vol 8: Shoreditch' records that the buildings shown were demolished and the tablet re-erected on a new building with an inscription dated 31st May 1900.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/63 Early Photographic Print Collection: Hackney; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Gowing, Lionel Francis

Keywords

Georgian Plaque, Animals