B/W print; Leicester Square: the north-east corner by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 1874
Main details
| Reference number | 1999/2830 |
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| Description | Leicester Square: the north-east corner, 1874, at the junction of Leicester Place with Cranbourn Street. This is a close-up shot of a newly-erected bust of John Hunter, a surgeon who resided in the Square between the years 1785-93, by Thomas Woolner. The Square is enclosed by a wooden hoarding. |
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| Dates | 1874 |
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| Photograph number | Ukn |
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| Completeness | 59% |
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Physical description
Item content Attribute Value Text Building: Sabloniere and Provence Hotel (partially obscured).Building: N. Whitehouse.Building: Ryder House Millinery Establishment (partially obscured).Annotation LEICESTER SQUARE: THE NORTH-EAST CORNER, 1874.
This photograph shows the junction of Leicester Place with Cranbourn St. On the north side of the latter thoroughfare appears the property that was demolished to make way for Daly's Theatre. Until the early part of the last century Cranbourn St was merely an alley and was known as Cranbourn Alley.
THE HUNTER BUST: This is by T Woolner. Hunter resided in the Square, in a house that adjoined that of Hogarth. There is an Underground connection with the great surgeon and scientist by reason of Earl's Court Station taking name from Hunter's "country" seat of Earl's Court. It will be observed that the photograph shows the Square enclosed by a wooden hoarding; the now existing railings were not erected until some little time after the opening of the Square.
Photograph (supplied Feb 1923) is an enlargement of a slide by the London Stereoscopic Co.Design Attribute Value Shot Medium exterior -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Photographer London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 1874 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Location Leicester Square, Westminster, WC2People Attribute Value People Charles White -