Genre: Architectural Photography View from an upper storey, looking back along the lane seen in print 17 and showing the crowded jumble of houses overlooking Cloth Fair.
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the Strand towards the west face of Temple Bar, 'as it was a short time before its demolition, shored up with timber to counteract the effects of the excavations for the New Law Courts,' and showing the statues of Charles I and Charles II in R...
102, Leadenhall Street. Photographer: Bool, Alfred and John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the wrought iron gate and courtyard beyond 'of a very fine mansion, demolished in 1875 or 1876. The house and contiguous warehouses and courtyards, occupying a great area, were for many years occupied by a firm of druggists, Messrs. Baiss Brothers, who a...
Old houses in Gray's Inn Lane. Photographer: Bool, Alfred and John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from an upper storey of Verulam Buildings, looking across the street towards shop premises in Gray's Inn Lane. The shops are 'opposite to the entrance to Verulam Buildings in Gray's Inn. The houses were demolished soon after the taking of this photograph, f...
Shop in Brewer Street, Soho. Photographer: Bool, Alfred and John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of shop premises on the corner of Brewer and Lower James Street, 'an old-fashioned shop, date early eighteenth century, of a style very few examples of which are now left. Brewer Street was built about 1680, Soho being then, as it long remained, a fashionab...
The Sir Paul Pindar, Bishopsgate Street. Photographer: Bool, Alfred and John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the street towards the façade of the Sir Paul Pindar Tavern, with the entrance to Halfmoon Street to the right: 'Since the photograph was taken, the house on the spectator's left, marked as the site of a new hospital, has been destroyed ... T...
Staple Inn, Holborn front. Photographer: Bool, Alfred and John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the street looking along the façade: 'This is in truth one of the most picturesque groups of Old London houses. They are also among the oldest, dating apparently from the time of James I., or perhaps somewhat earlier … The obelisk, topped by a lamp, ma...