Locations of photos used in “Looking-at-London”
(all photos used were taken by Cathey Leitch unless otherwise noted)
Photo name | Location | Post in which the photo appears | |
1 | The City of London from an airplane | The City of London from the Shard to Tower Bridge | 1 – Discovering London |
2 | Chatham and Dover Railway Offices | 16 Old Bailey at Newgate Street, City of London | 1 – Discovering London |
3 | Woman on broken pediment holding a small locomotive | 16 Old Bailey at Newgate Street, City of London | 1 – Discovering London |
4 | Dragon on a golden sphere – Weathervane on church of St. Mary le Bow | Cheapside, City of London – church of St. Mary le Bow, City of London | 2 – Dragons in London |
5 | Temple Bar with dragon on top and statue of Queen Victoria on niche in the side | Fleet Street in front of the Royal Courts of Justice, City of London | 2 – Dragons in London |
6 | Temple Bar – originally stood in Fleet Street in front of Royal Courts of Justice | Saint Paul’s Courtyard, Paternoster – to the north of St. Paul’s Cathedral, City of London | 2 – Dragons in London |
7 | Dragon – traditionally at an entrance to the City of London | Tower Hill opposite Trinity Square, City of London | 2 – Dragons in London |
8 | St. George on a white horse – roundel on wall | Lady Chapel, Southwark Cathedral, Southwark | 2 – Dragons in London |
9 | Calvary of Empire memorial with St. George on horseback | Hyde Park, Westminster | 2 – Dragons in London |
10 | St. George on horseback, with large spear; serpent coiling around a column | Bouverie Street, off Fleet Street, City of London | 2 – Dragons in London |
11 | The George and Dragon Pub sign | 151 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia | 2 – Dragons in London |
12 | The George and Dragon Pub sign | 151 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia | 2 – Dragons in London |
13 | London Dragons at top of columns | Leadenhall Market, Gracechurch Street, City of London | 2 – Dragons in London |
14 | Dragons and arms of the City of London – in blue metal frame | Tower Bridge, London | 2 – Dragons in London |
15 | Dragons and Arms of the City of London | Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall, Gresham St., City of London | 2 – Dragons in London |
16 | Red metal dragons on lamppost | Holborn Viaduct Bridge, City of London | 2 – Dragons in London |
17 | Little stone dragons at top of brick pier | St. Pancras Train Station. Euston Road, London | 2 – Dragons in London |
18 | Little black bird on gate | Whitcomb Street, behind the National Gallery of Art, Westminster | 3 – Birds in London |
19 | Crested Crane on Arms of Uganda | Ugandan High Commission, Trafalgar Square, Westminster | 3 – Birds in London |
20 | Isis, sculpture by Simon Gudgeon | Lido, the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London | 3 – Birds in London |
21 | Grey Heron standing in pond | Duck Island Cottage, Horse Guards Road, St. James’s Park, London | 3 – Birds in London |
22 | Mosaic of Dodo bird | Brick wall at Bethnal Green School, Globe Road, Bethnal Green | 3 – Birds in London |
23 | Swallow on gate at Globe Theatre | Shakespeare’s Globe, Bankside, London | 3 – Birds in London |
24 | Keystone with seagull and scallop shell | Former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Whitehall, Westminster | 3 – Birds in London |
25 | Keystone with chickens | Former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Whitehall, Westminster | 3 – Birds in London |
26 | Crane, terracotta decoration on main staircase | Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington | 3 – Birds in London |
27 | Partridge, terracotta decoration on main staircase | Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington | 3 – Birds in London |
28 | Enormous sculpture of a bird wing | Throgmorton Street, London | 3 – Birds in London |
29 | Two doves holding a scroll | Post Office Court, Lombard Street, City of London | 3 – Birds in London |
30 | Cranes | Fortnum and Mason restaurant, Jermyn Street, St. James | 3 – Birds in London |
31 | Sculpture of a knackered cockatoo | In front of National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich | 3 – Birds in London |
32 | Bird with oak laves | Supreme Court, Parliament Square, Westminster | 3 – Birds in London |
33 | Phoenix with motto “RESURGAM” | St. Paul’s Cathedral, Ludgate Hill, City of London | 3 – Birds in London |
34 | Charity Scholars, St. Mary Abbots Kensington | St. Mary Abbots School, Kensington Church Street, Kensington | 4 – Charity Scholars |
35 | Charity Scholars, St. John of Wapping | Scandrett Street, Wapping – St. John’s Old School | 4 – Charity Scholars |
36 | Charity Scholars, Rotherhithe Free School | Rotherhithe Free School, St. Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe | 4 – Charity Scholars |
37 | Charity Scholars, St. Bride’s Fleet Street | Church of St. Bride’s, Fleet Street, London | 4 – Charity Scholars |
38 | Charity Scholars, St. Andrew Holborn | Church of St. Andrew Holborn, Holborn Viaduct at St. Andrew Street, London | 4 – Charity Scholars |
39 | Charity Scholars, Hatton Garden | 43 Hatton Garden, London – former church | 4 – Charity Scholars |
40 | Former church built for Sir Christopher Hatton | 43 Hatton Garden, London – former church | 4 – Charity Scholars |
41 | Plaque on former church built for Sir Christopher Hatton | 43 Hatton Garden, London – former church | 4 – Charity Scholars |
42 | Blewcoat School | Caxton Street, Westminster – Blewcoat School | 4 – Charity Scholars |
43 | Blewcoat Scholar in niche, Blewcoat School | Caxton Street, Westminster – Blewcoat School | 4 – Charity Scholars |
44 | Charity Scholars in niches, John Cass Foundation | John Cass Foundation, Dukes Place, Aldgate, City of London | 4 – Charity Scholars |
45 | Sir John Cass, statue | Sir john Cass Foundation, Jewry Street, City of London | 4 – Charity Scholars |
46 | Sir John Cass, bust at St. Botolph Aldgate | Church of St. Botolph, Aldgate, City of London | 4 – Charity Scholars |
47 | Grey Coat Hospital | Grey Coat Hospital, Greycoat Place, Victoria, Westminster | 4 – Charity Scholars |
48 | Grey Coat Scholars | Grey Coat Hospital, Greycoat Place, Victoria, Westminster | 4 – Charity Scholars |
49 | William Shakespeare on former City of London School | 66 Victoria Embankment, London – former City of London School, near Blackfriars | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
50 | Former City of London School, Embankment | 66 Victoria Embankment, London – former City of London School, near Blackfriars | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
51 | Shakespeare, Cervantes and Dante – portraits in roundels, old Westminster Public Library | Great Smith Street, Westminster – old Westminster Public Library | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
52 | Shakespeare’s bust with foliage and putti faces – Caxton Hall | Caxton Street, Westminster – Caxton Hall | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
53 | Shakespeare’s portrait with two putti and garlands | High Holborn, London – Holborn Town Hall and Library | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
54 | Shakespeare’s bust with classical ladies and putti, Wyndhams Theatre | 32 Charing Cross Road, London – Wyndhams Theatre | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
55 | Shakespeare looking out of window | Carnaby Street at Foubert Place, off Regents Street and Great Marlborough Street, London | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
56 | Shakespeare’s Arms pub, Carnaby Street | Carnaby Street at Foubert Place, off Regents Street and Great Marlborough Street, London | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
57 | Shakespeare’s bust on memorial for the First Folio | Love Lane at Aldermanbury, Guildhall, City of London | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
58 | First Folio memorial – in memory of John Heminge and Henry Condell | Love Lane at Aldermanbury, Guildhall, City of London | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
58 | William Shakespeare – bust | Guildhall Art Gallery, Gresham Street, City of London – in arcade | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
59 | Holywell Priory Plaque | 98 Curtain Road, Morrell House, Shoreditch | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
60 | The Theatre – plaque | 86-90 Curtain Road, Shoreditch | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
61 | Shakespeare window, St. Helen’s Bishopsgate | Church of St. Helen’s Bishopsgate, Great St. Helen’s off Bishopsgate, City of London | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
62 | Site of the Globe Theatre, plaque | Park Street, Southwark | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
63 | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre | Bankside, Southwark – Shakespeare’s Globe | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
64 | Shakespeare memorial, Southwark Cathedral | Cathedral Street, Southwark – Southwark Cathedral | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
65 | Edmond Shakespeare’s burial place, Southwark Cathedral | Cathedral Street, Southwark – Southwark Cathedral | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
66 | Shakespeare window at Southward Cathedral – with characters from his plays | Cathedral Street, Southwark – Southwark Cathedral | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
67 | King Lear, Hamlet, Lady Macbeth – in Shakespeare window at Southwark Cathedral | Cathedral Street, Southwark – Southwark Cathedral | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
68 | Romeo and Juliet, Richard III – in Shakespeare window at Southwark Cathedral | Cathedral Street, Southwark – Southwark Cathedral | 5 – William Shakespeare – A Man About Town |
69 | The Bank of England, from plaza of the Royal Exchange | Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
70 | The Bank of England – the Lady of the Bank on pediment | Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
71 | The Bank of England – six figures on façade; Guardians and Productiveness | Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
72 | The Bank of England – two large Guardians on façade | Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
73 | Statue of Sir John Soane, architect | Bank of England, Princes Street and Lothbury Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
74 | The Bank of England from Bank Junction | Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
75 | National Provincial Bank (former), Bishopsgate | Bishopsgate at Threadneedle Street, City of London – National Provincial Bank (former) | 6 – Banks in London |
76 | Seal of the National Provincial Bank in niche over entrance | Bishopsgate at Threadneedle Street, City of London – National Provincial Bank (former) | 6 – Banks in London |
77 | Sculpture group representing London on roof of National Provincial Bank (former) | Bishopsgate at Threadneedle Street, City of London – National Provincial Bank (former) | 6 – Banks in London |
78 | Sculpture representing Newcastle on roof of National Provincial Bank (former) | Bishopsgate at Threadneedle Street, City of London – National Provincial Bank (former) | 6 – Banks in London |
79 | “Ship building” – large panel on façade of the National Provincial Bank | Bishopsgate at Threadneedle Street, City of London – National Provincial Bank (former) | 6 – Banks in London |
80 | “The Arts” – large panel on façade of the National Provincial Bank | Bishopsgate at Threadneedle Street, City of London – National Provincial Bank (former) | 6 – Banks in London |
81 | “Mining” – large panel on façade of the National Provincial Bank | Bishopsgate at Threadneedle Street, City of London – National Provincial Bank (former) | 6 – Banks in London |
82 | Two figures of sailors, South Sea House | South Sea House, Threadneedle Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
83 | Close up of sailors on South Sea House | South Sea House, Threadneedle Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
83 | Tower 42 (built as the “NatWest Tower”) | Old Broad Street, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
84 | “The Gherkin”, with St. Andrew Undershaft | 30 St. Mary Axe, City of London | 6 – Banks in London |
85 | “The Shard” | St. Thomas Street, Southward | 6 – Banks in London |
86 | Skyscrapers at Canary Wharf | Canary Wharf from the River Thames | 6 – Banks in London |
87 | William Shakespeare on fountain | Leicester Square, West End – fountain in centre of the square | 7 – William Shakespeare – More About Bill |
88 | William Shakespeare on fountain – detail | Leicester Square, West End – fountain in centre of the square | 7 – William Shakespeare – More About Bill |
89 | William Shakespeare – statue | Wilton House, Wilton, Wiltshire Photo found on internet |
7 – William Shakespeare – More About Bill |
90 | William Shakespeare – memorial in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey | Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey | 7 – William Shakespeare – More About Bill |
91 | Dedication on scroll – William Shakespeare on fountain | Leicester Square, West End – fountain in centre of the square | 7 – William Shakespeare – More About Bill |
92 | Milestone Hotel | Milestone Hotel, Kensington Road at corner with Kensington Court | 7 – William Shakespeare – More About Bill |
93 | Kensington House | Illustration in The Graphic magazine, June 30, 1877 Image found online |
7 – William Shakespeare – More About Bill |
94 | Shield with Latin motto | Milestone Hotel – on Kensington Court side, Kenington | 7 – William Shakespeare – More About Bill |
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96 | Hop Exchange, Southwark | 24 Southwark Street, Borough, Southwark | 22 – London Workers |
97 | Hop Exchange, Southwark – atrium | 24 Southwark Street, Borough, Southwark | 22 – London Workers |
98 | Hop Exchange, Southwark – ironwork with MHE | 24 Southwark Street, Borough, Southwark | 22 – London Workers |
99 | Oast Houses | New Adelphi, John Adam Street | 22 – London Workers |
100 | Hop Exchange, Southwark – Pediment on façade | 24 Southwark Street, Borough, Southwark | 22 – London Workers |
101 | WH LeMay Hop Factors | 67 Borough High Street, Southwark | 22 – London Workers |
101 | WH LeMay Hop Factors – Hop pickers at work | 67 Borough High Street, Southwark | 22 – London Workers |
102 | Doulton Building – corner entrance | Corner of Lambeth High Street and Black Prince Road, Lambeth | 22 – London Workers |
104 | Doulton Building – Terracotta relief above door | Corner of Lambeth High Street and Black Prince Road, Lambeth | 22 – London Workers |
105 | Carved wooden panel – Arts and Crafts artisans at work | Great Marlborough Street, off Regent Street – Liberty of London store | 22 – London Workers |
106 | Bakery building, Spitalfields | 12 Widegate Street, Spitalfields – Bakery Bldg | 22 – London Workers |
107 | Bakery building, Spitalfields – ceramic panel | 12 Widegate Street, Spitalfields – Bakery Bldg | 22 – London Workers |
108 | Bakery building, Spitalfields – ceramic panel | 12 Widegate Street, Spitalfields – Bakery Bldg | 22 – London Workers |
109 | Bakery building, Spitalfields – ceramic panel | 12 Widegate Street, Spitalfields – Bakery Bldg | 22 – London Workers |
110 | Bakery building, Spitalfields – ceramic panel | 12 Widegate Street, Spitalfields – Bakery Bldg | 22 – London Workers |
111 | Terracotta plaque – potters at work | Thomas Goode & Co, 19 South Audley Street | 22 – London Workers |
112 | Terracotta plaque – potter at work | Thomas Goode & Co, 19 South Audley Street | 22 – London Workers |
113 | Mosaic plaque of scissors and fabric | London College of Fashion, Oxford Street at John Prince’s Street | 22 – London Workers |
114 | Relief sculpture of an Instrument maker | Charing Cross Road – (former) College for Distributive Trades | 22 – London Workers |
115 | Relief sculpture of a Textile Designer | Charing Cross Road – (former) College for Distributive Trades | 22 – London Workers |
116 | Relief sculpture of a Glassmaker | Charing Cross Road – (former) College for Distributive Trades | 22 – London Workers |
117 | J. Wisden & Company – Cricket equipment | 21 Long Acre, off Charing Cross Road | 22 – London Workers |
118 | Metal panel showing Sports Equipment | Barkers Bldg, Kensington High Street | 22 – London Workers |
119 | Metal panel showing Fish | Barkers Bldg, Kensington High Street | 22 – London Workers |
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Metal panel showing Umbrella | Barkers Bldg, Kensington High Street | 22 – London Workers |
121 | Metal panel showing Furniture | Barkers Bldg, Kensington High Street | 22 – London Workers |
122 | Metal panel showing Shoes | Barkers Bldg, Kensington High Street | 22 – London Workers |
123 | Metal panel showing a TURKEY | Barkers Bldg, Kensington High Street | 22 – London Workers |
124 | Incised design on façade of building | Barkers Bldg, Kensington High Street | 22 – London Workers |
125 | “The Window Cleaner” | Chapel Street at Edgware Road Underground Station | 22 – London Workers |
126 | “The LIFFE Trader” (currently removed while large construction project goes on nearby) | Walbrook Street near Cannon Street | 22 – London Workers |
127 | “The Cordwainer” | Watling Street, The City – by church of St. Mary Aldermary | 22 – London Workers |
128 | “The Construction Worker” | Tower Hill near intersection with Minories and Shorter Street | 22 – London Workers |
129 | “Cleopatra’s Sphinx” | Victoria Embankment on bank of River Thames, near Embankment Underground Station | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
130 | Sphinx – Sculpted by George John Vulliamy | Victoria Embankment on bank of River Thames, near Embankment Underground Station | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
131 | Benches with sphinx armrests – by George John Villiamy | Victoria Embankment on bank of River Thames, near Embankment Underground Station | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
132 | Woman sitting on a small sphinx stool, in front of a factory – sculpted by Louis Frederick Roslyn (Roselieb) | Norway House, 21-24 Cockspur Street by Trafalgar Square | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
133 | Row of sphinxes supporting a balcony | 7 Lothbury, behind the Bank of England | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
134 | Office building – originally for the General Credit and Discount Company | 7 Lothbury, behind the Bank of England | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
135 | Sphinx, balcony support | 7 Lothbury, behind the Bank of England | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
136 | Crouching sphinx holding a shield | Wyndham’s Theatre on Charing Cross Road | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
137 | Art Deco sphinxes on building designed for the Commercial Union Assurance Company | 24 Cornhill, City of London | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
138 | Bronze allegorical figures on building originally offices of the Royal Insurance Building | Lombard Street, City of London | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
139 | Two sphinxes on corner of Tate Britain Art Gallery | Tate Britain, Millbank, Pimlico | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
140 | Sphinx – guarding a house door | Fitzroy Road, Primrose Hill | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
141 | Dog – guarding a house door | Hampstead | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
142 | Stone sphinx on plinth – in the exedra at Chiswick House | Chiswick House, Burlington Lane, Chiswick | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
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Lead Sphinx – on Devonshire Gates, Piccadilly | Devonshire Gates, Piccadilly | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
144 | Devonshire Gates, Piccadilly | Devonshire Gates, Piccadilly | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
145 | Lead sphinxes on entrance Gate, Chiswick House | Chiswick House, Burlington Lane, Chiswick | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
146 | Lady Dorothy Saville, wife of 3rd Earl of Burlington | Source: http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1129204
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25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
147 | Face of Stone sphinx on plinth – in the exedra at Chiswick House | Chiswick House, Burlington Lane, Chiswick | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
148 | Stone sphinx with the face of Isabella Eugenie Boyer, wife of Isaac Singer | Oldway Mansion, Paignton, Devon | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
149 | Lead sphinx with the face of Consuelo Vanderbilt of Gladys Deacon – wives of the 9th Duke of Marlborough | Water Garden, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire Image found online |
25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
150 | Sphinx with face of Mohamed Al-Fayed | Lower ground floor, Harrods Department Store, Knightsbridge | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
151 | Egyptian style face with wings | On façade of 196 Oxford Street | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |
152…… | Pharaoh’s head on bottom of bay window | Great Russell Street, near the British Museum | 25 – Who is that Sphinx? |