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The artist may have been an eye witness to the Fire as it is an entirely accurate record of the scene on the night of 4 September 1666. The viewpoint is unusual, but the best and safest for the artist.
Silvertop family collection.
John Ritchie's A Summer Day in Hyde Park evokes the Victorians at their leisure on the banks of the Serpentine, providing a wealth of costume detail and several charming vignettes along the way.
The little clay figure of Thomas Todd by the Chinese model maker Chitqua is an intimate portrait of a successful merchant – one of the many who helped create London into a thriving mercantile centre in the 18th century.
