© Museum of London
3 x 44 cm. 2) Buckingham Palace, 36 x 44 cm. 3) Westminster Abbey, 37.5 x 44cm. 4) Westminster Abbey, 38 x 44.3 cm.
© Museum of London
3 x 44 cm. 2) Buckingham Palace, 36 x 44 cm. 3) Westminster Abbey, 37.5 x 44cm. 4) Westminster Abbey, 38 x 44.3 cm.
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.