A photograph entitled 'Bank of England, London', published by George Washington Wilson, c. 1890. Founded in 1694, the bank had a couple of locations before it acquired these premises in Threadneedle Street in 1734. Known affectionately as 'the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street', the Bank is one of Britain's most famous institutions.
A photograph entitled 'Bank of England, London', published by George Washington Wilson, c. 1890.
Founded in 1694, the bank had a couple of locations before it acquired these premises in Threadneedle Street in 1734. Known affectionately as 'the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street', the Bank is one of Britain's most famous institutions.
This photograph is from an album containing sixty photographic views of London, published by George Washington Wilson. Although the photographs were usually marked with Wilson's initials, many were actually taken by assistants like Charles Wilson (1865-1958), his son.
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- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1996-5020/21
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
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