This fascinating collection includes several photographs of libraries in
London, mostly private institution ones, which may be of interest - Reform
Club, Lambeth Palace, Royal Colonial Institute, Harrow School (exterior),
Kensington Borough (exterior), PRO (exterior). There may be others that I
have missed.
Enjoy!
Peter
Peter B Freshwater MA MCLIP FSAScot
43 Corstorphine Road, Murrayfield, Edinburgh EH12 5QQ
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> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:59:40 +0100
> From: Lee Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: new etext - The Queen's London, 1896
>
> Not so much an etext as a pre-Jubilee coffee-table book, "The Queen's
> London" from 1896, is 370 picture-postcard type views of famous bits of
the
> city and surroundings, and also some oddities (eg. storage of ostrich
> feathers http://www.victorianlondon.org/ql/queenslondon325.htm)
>
> All the pages can be found at:-
>
> http://www.victorianlondon.org/ql/queenslondon.htm
>
> in the order they appear in the book, but they are also integrated into
the
> main menus of the site (www.victorianlondon.org)
>
> Some of the pictures are rather poor (both aesthetically and in quality)
> and suffer a little from being reduced in definition to fit on the site.
>
> The strangest thing, however, is that they are frequently composites of an
> original photograph and little pen and ink drawings of men, women and
> vehicles, presumably to add "life" to the views. In some cases, its hard
to
> distinguish between photo and drawing, in some it is glaringly obvious!
I'd
> be interested to know if anyone has seen this elsewhere?
>
> Finally, if anyone wants a better look than the relatively lo-res images
on
> the site (nb. you can click on the thumbnail to get a screen-sized image
> already!), I'd be happy to enlarge any particular image on request.
>
> regards,
>
> Lee
> www.victorianlondon.org
>
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