Disappearing London - Drawn by F. L. Emanuel
CONTENTS:
The "Old Horse and
Groom": back of Holborn-above-Bars
Holywell Street: from St. Clement Danes Church, Strand
The Old Bell, Holborn
Leather Lane, Holborn
Davies Street
Fetter Lane, View from Holborn
King Street, Westminster
Houses in Holborn
Milford Lane, Strand & Booksellers' Row, Looking West
Lincolns inn Fields, South-West Corner
Archway, Portugal Street, Lincolns inn Fields
Houses in the Strand
Exchange Court, Strand
Foubert's Place, Regent Street, W.
Rupert Street W.
Wych Street, Strand
Booksellers' Row, Looking East
About the book and the artist
The "Old Horse
and Groom": back of Holborn-above-Bars
Above - The "Old Horse and Groom": back of Holborn-above-Bars
See also in this area, The Holborn Empire / Weston's Music Hall, The Novelty Theatre, The Holborn Theatre, Images of High Holborn
Holywell
Street: from St. Clement Danes Church, Strand
Above - Holywell Street: from St. Clement Danes Church, Strand
The Old Bell, Holborn
Above - The Old Bell, Holborn before demolition
See also in this area, The Holborn Empire / Weston's Music Hall, The Novelty Theatre, The Holborn Theatre, Images of High Holborn
Leather Lane, Holborn
Above - Leather Lane, Holborn
See also in this area, The Holborn Empire / Weston's Music Hall, The Novelty Theatre, The Holborn Theatre, Images of High Holborn
Davies Street
Above - Davies Street
Fetter Lane, View
from Holborn
Above - Fetter Lane, View from Holborn
See also in this area, The Holborn Empire / Weston's Music Hall, The Novelty Theatre, The Holborn Theatre, Images of High Holborn
King Street, Westminster
Above - King Street, Westminster
Houses in Holborn
Above - Houses in Holborn
See also in this area, The Holborn Empire / Weston's Music Hall, The Novelty Theatre, The Holborn Theatre, Images of High Holborn
Milford Lane, Strand
& Booksellers' Row, Looking West
Above - Milford Lane, Strand & Booksellers' Row, Looking West
Lincolns inn Fields,
South-West Corner
Above - Lincolns inn Fields, South-West Corner
Archway, Portugal
Street, Lincolns inn Fields
Above - Archway, Portugal Street, Lincolns inn Fields. - Please Note: I am told that the caption for this card should read Duke Street and not Portugal Street as this was the name of the road at the time. See also the Theatre Royal, Portugal Street.
Houses in the Strand
Above - Houses in the Strand
Exchange Court, Strand
Above - Exchange Court, Strand
Foubert's Place,
Regent Street, W.
Above - Foubert's Place, Regent Street, W.
Rupert Street W.
Above - Rupert Street W.
Wych
Street, Strand
Above - Wych Street, Strand
Booksellers'
Row, Looking East
Above - Booksellers' Row, Looking East
About the book and the artist
The
scans of the book on this page were kindly sent in by Bruce Wallace
who writes: 'As you can see, the Title Page and Contents are handwritten.
I have no idea who created the book but it appears to be done in an
amateurish manner although with great care. It may well have been
done by a student as a school project or as an assignment for an art
class. I have also included a scan of a page of notes about the artist
that was inside the cover. The drawings vary in size and orientation
including one page that has two small drawings mounted. The pages
are yellow with age and the cover is worn. I bought this at auction
approximately 25 years ago and it has sat on a shelf in my office
for all those years.' Bruce Wallace.
Right - Notes which were included in the book, and are transcribed below:
Emanuel, Frank Lewis SMA SGA (1865 - 1949)
Painter in Oils WC + Pastel of Landscapes, interiors and architectural subjects. Also some etchings, mezzotints & lithographs. Born London on 15th Sept 1865. Studied art at the Slade under Legres, obtained the 1st medal for life drawing and other awards, and at the Academie Julian in Paris with Bougion and T. Robert Flenny. First exhibited at the R.A. & Paris Sabu in 1886. Travelled extensively visiting South Africa, Ceylon, France, Belgium, Holland & Spain. Exhibited internationally & represented in several public collections. A prominent Critic of Modern Art. Instructor of Etching, Central School of Arts & Crafts. Collector of works of W. R. Bevetuy. Lived in London and died there on 7th May 1949.
The information and images on this page were very kindly sent in for inclusion on this site by Bruce Wallace.
Since I put this book online I have been informed that it seems to be a copy from some of the images included in a work by Wilfred Whitten called 'A Londoner's London' first published in 1913, of which a digital copy can now be found at the Open Library here.
There are some wonderful photographs of Wych Street and the surrounding area's demolition from a souvenir brochure published by the London County Council for the opening of Kingsway in 1905 here and here.
