COLLAGE SOURCE(S) John Tenniel’s “What Is One’ Man’s Meat Is Another Man’s Poison” (1851) from Punch (vol. 21, p. 85)(coloured)(personal photo of personal copy) Gold frame from “Portrait of David Cox” (1978P185) PHOTO LOCATION Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London
Category Archives: 1850s
My Lockdown Life: Day 472
COLLAGE SOURCE(S) John Leech’s “Bloomerism – An American Custom” (1851)(vol. 21, p. 141)(coloured)(personal photo of personal copy of Punch) Cream mat with gold line from “Ariccia” via Birmingham Museums Trust (1953P149)(CC0) PHOTO LOCATION Exeter Street between Burleigh Street and Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London THOUGHTS The door behind the metal fencing leads into a buildingContinue reading “My Lockdown Life: Day 472”
My Lockdown Life: Day 471
COLLAGE SOURCE(S) John Leech’s “A Staggerer for an Excursionist” (1851) from Punch (vol. 21, p. 124)(coloured)(personal photo of personal copy of Punch) Gold frame from “Medea” via Birmingham Museums Trust (1925P105) PHOTO LOCATION Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London (Outside the former headquarters of George Newnes Limited) THOUGHTS Whenever I am in the neighbourhood of theContinue reading “My Lockdown Life: Day 471”
My Lockdown Life: Day 457
COLLAGE SOURCE(S) Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s “Rosso Vestita” (Dressed in Red)(1850) from Birmingham Museums Trust Gold frame from “Portrait of David Cox” (1978P185) via Birmingham Museums Trust PHOTO LOCATION Lightwell, London Library, St. James’s, London
My Lockdown Life: Day 454
COLLAGE SOURCE(S) John Lavery’s “Walter Burton Harris” (1907) Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s “Woman in Evening Dress” (1852) from Birmingham Museums Trust (1927P986)(CC0) Gold frame from Birmingham Museums Trust (1945P55)(CC0) PHOTO LOCATION City Hall, Southwark, London
My Lockdown Life: Day 449
COLLAGE SOURCE(S) William Holman Hunt’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona” (1850–1851) via Birmingham Museums Trust PHOTO LOCATION London Bridge Station, London
My Lockdown Life: Day 441
COLLAGE SOURCE(S) Illustration of a man carrying a bindle from the British Workman No. 9 (1855), p. 35 Frank Bramley’s “Friends” (n.d.), a portrait of his wife, Katherine, and her dog PHOTO LOCATION The former Alexandra Trust Dining Rooms, 136–144 City Road, London
My Lockdown Life: Day 403
COLLAGE SOURCE(S) Illustration of a woman on a horse from Vol. 1, No. 8, page 32 of The British Workman (1855) (artist and engraver unknown) PHOTO LOCATION London Library, St. James’s Square, London
My Lockdown Life: Day 379
COLLAGE SOURCE(S) William Henry Hunt’s “The Pet of the Village” (1852) PHOTO LOCATION Watergate Street, Deptford
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COLLAGE SOURCE(S) William Henry Hunt’s “Le Malade Imaginaire” (1855) (Self-Portrait) PHOTO LOCATION Charlotte Turner Gardens, Deptford