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Photograph: Trafalgar Square

c1850s

Title

Photograph: Trafalgar Square

Date

c1850s

Archive reference number

NG30/1850/2

Description

Original photograph in the Mansell Collection (? no. 13.844). Showing the equestrian statue of George IV and Nelson's Column both erected in 1843, but not the lions at the foot of Nelson's Column which were put in position in 1867. A Peeler (policeman) stands near a lamp-post. Plus a photograph of detail of the original railings in front of the National Gallery, the lamp by the entrance steps, and chimneys on the skyline. Copy photograph: National Gallery. Neg. M1273.

Record type

Item

Alternative reference numbers

VF2

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