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Babel Aesthetic, Dickens London, London 1800, 1800s Aesthetic, Historic London, Historical London, Victorian England, Building Site, Victorian London

Good old Leon and Levy where would I be without them. There is a Police Officer standing on the traffic island in the middle of the photograph, he is probably from POW. On the left is a hoarding surrounding the building site for what was then known as the New Government Offices and is now The Treasury; work was started in 1899 and completed in 1915 so I may be on the cusp here. Lovely bonnets Ladies.

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Victorian Street, Historical London, London Buildings, Victorian Life, Victorian England, Victorian London, London History, Victorian Times, London Town

The then-and-now approach to urban criticism took root during the nineteenth century, more or less simultaneously with the invention of photography, and has continued up to the present. But a larger question raised by images of Paris, London, and New York architecture across long periods of time is how the cities' occupants themselves have changed.

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| Wilhem Trübner - Ludgate Hill, London | Wilhelm Trübner (1851 - 1917) was born in Heidelberg, the son of a goldsmith. 1800 Aesthetic, Historical London, 19th Century London, August Sander, Victorian England, Albert Bierstadt, Victorian Paintings, Victorian London, London History

Wilhelm Trübner (1851 - 1917) was born in Heidelberg, the son of a goldsmith. Trübner was encouraged to study painting by Anselm Feuerbach, a painter of historical scenes. During the 1870’s Trübner travelled extensively in Europe, to Italy, the Low Countries and to Paris where he saw the works of Manet and the Impressionists. [MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London - Oil on canvas, 64 x 47.5 cm]

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