Museum of London
@MuseumofLondon
Weβre building a new museum for London. In the meantime, visit us at Docklands π
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http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk 23-04-2009 11:54:33
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City of light...
The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben looking resplendent in John Anderson's oil on canvas, 1872.
#PaintingLondon
A lady considering the purchase of a pet dog at Club Row, which was a thriving market selling pets and livestock including dogs, birds, hens and fish. The puppy trade was extremely popular there.
Lets see your dogs, birds, fish and more this #NationalPetDay !
Alas, it looks like we won't be seeing the #SolarEclipse here in London today π
Do you remember the one that was visible in the UK in 1999?
π Tinted Victorian spectacles
A market has existed on this site in one form or another for hundreds of years.
#CoventGarden on the 'Woodcut' map of the 1560s, with surrounding wall marked in green π
#OnThisDay , 2 April 1980. A demolition site in Floral Street, Covent Garden.
Wholesale redevelopment of Covent Garden following the closure of the flower, fruit and vegetable market in 1974 was successfully averted, but some rebuilding work away from the Piazza was allowed.
A House at Hampstead.
Is that cherry blossom on the left?
π¨ Robert Polhill Bevan, 1917
#PaintingLondon
Rolling into #EasterSunday π°
Tin toy purchased by Ernest King for one penny (1d) from a London street trader on 10th December 1906.