“You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” ~ Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
(The above two phtos are by Mister Joe [Joe L] ~ July 18, 2009)
Big Ben at night
(Photo by James Chan "JC Inspiration" ~ September 15, 2010)
Buckingham Palace Guard Lamps
(Photo by gadgetdude ~ September 9, 2009)
The Victoria Memorial
(Photo by antony_mayfield ~ January 26, 2012)
Above left & right, Nike ~ The Victoria Memorial
Queen Boudicca
The above two photos, Westminster Abbey
(The above twenty photos are all by Zyllan ~ 2009 & 2010)
(Photo by dogfrog [Matt Batchelor] ~ December 29, 2009)
(Photo by Aitor Escauriaza ~ August 11, 2008)
(Photo by bobaliciouslondon [Bob Bob] ~ September 17, 2011)
The Gherkin
The Houses of Parliament
Lloyd's of London Building
Trafalgar Square
The Underground
The above two photos, West Indian Quay
Canary Wharf
Above left & right, Canary Wharf
Above left, The British Museum | Above right, Palm House ~ Kew Gardens
Whitehall
Millennium Bridge
(The above fourteen photos are by neiljs [NJ Spicer] ~ September 2008, May 2009 & January 2010)
Millennium Bridge
(Photo by gustaffo89 [Angus MacRae] ~ June 28, 2010)
Above left, Crutched Friars ~ Tower Hill | Above right, Palace of Westminster
(The above two photos are by Duncan~ [Duncan Harris] ~ October 26 & 29, 2011)
Broadgate Tower
(Photo by matteo caprari ~ August 8, 2008)
Near London Bridge Station
(by http://heatherbuckley.co.uk [Heather Buckley] ~ July 24, 2010)
The above five photos, Marylebone Car Park
(The above five photos are by traceyp3031 [Tracey P] ~ January 17 & 20, 2009)
Natural History Museum
(Photo by Ben Fredericson (xjrlokix) ~ July 22, 2008)
The above two photos, St. Pancras International
(The above two photos are by Chris_J [Chris Jones] ~ March 18, 2009)
Paddington Staion
(Photo by lilivanili [Lily] ~ August 29, 2008)
Canary Wharf
Greenhouse ~ Kew Gardens
The above two photos, Paddington Station
King's Cross Railway Station
Victoria Station
Turbine Hall ~ Tate Modern
London Bridge ~ Borough Market
Waterloo Station
Big Ben & Chain
Tower Bridge
Eros ~ Piccadilly Circus
Victoria Regina Imperatrix
(Queen Victoria, enthroned in imperial splendour)
The above two photos, The Victoria Memorial
St. Paul's Cathedral
Wellington Arch
Above left, City of London | Above right, a small alleyway
Sphinx ~ Crystal Palace
Here Was A Royal Fellowship of Death ~ Artillery Memorial
Waterloo Station
Victoria & Albert Museum
Southwark Cathedral
The above four photos, Nunhead Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery
Above left, The National Gallery ~ Trafalgar Square | Above right, The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin ~ Westminster
Above left, The Tate | Above right, Horse Guard Parade Dragon Cannon
St. James's Park ~ Westminster
Newton ~ The British Library
Above left, Buckingham Palace | Above right, The National Gallery
Queen's House ~ Greenwich
The above two photos, Old Royal Naval College
Above left, Victoria & Albert Museum subway station entrance ~ Kensington & Chelsea | Above right ~ Chelsea Bridge
Waterloo Bridge ~ South Bank
Millennium Bridge
Window cleaners ~ Canary Wharf
42 Francis Street ~ Cardinal Place
Victoria Street ~ Cardinal Place
Above left, Centre Point | Above right, Greenwich
A building in the district of Victoria ~ Central London
An unidentified building
A building in the district of Victoria ~ Central London
Pimlico School
The Seven Ages of Man ~ Baynard House
The Gherkin
Opposites ~ Covent Garden
Millennium Dome
BT Tower ~ 60 Cleveland Street
King's Cross Underground
The above three photos, Golden Jubilee Bridge
(The above sixty-six photos are all by C. G. P. Grey [Colin Grey] ~ 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2010)
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Underpass ~ Blackfriars
The above two photos, The Natural History Museum
(The above nine photos are by Rocker_44 [Pete] ~ 2009, 2010 & 2011)
Buckingham Palace
(Photo by erin & camera ~ January 22, 2009)
(Photo by erin & camera ~ January 22, 2009)
A construction platform in the Thames near Tower Bridge
Covent Garden Market
Buildings on the River Thames seen from King William Street
Pergola ~ Hampstead Heath
Vauxhall Bridge
(The eight photos above are by wwarby [William Warby] ~ 2009, 2010 & 2012)
The above two photos, Palm House ~ Kew Gardens
(The above two photos are by fussy onion [Rachel D] ~ April 2, 2011)
Tulip Staircase ~ Cubitt Town, London
(Photo by ahisgett [Tony Hisgett] ~ August 2, 2008)
(The above three photos are by StewC [Stewart Chambers] ~ January 6, February 8 & March 1, 2012)
Lloyd's of London Building
The National Provincial Bank of England
Bank Station
(The above seven photos are by Britanglishman [Graham Dean] ~ September 18, 2011)
Chelsea Embankment
(Photo by spjwebster [Steve Webster] ~ March 2, 2009)
Piccadilly Circus
Regent Street
(The above two photos are by Matthias Rhomberg ~ March 6, 2009)
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap
(Photo by p a t c [Pat] ~ October 17, 2010)
London at night
Above left, 30 St. Mary Axe | Above right, Butler's Wharf
(The two photos above are by keepwaddling1 [Geoff Wong] ~ July 17, 2009)
(The two photos above are by keepwaddling1 [Geoff Wong] ~ July 17, 2009)
A glimpse of St. Paul's Cathedral
8 Postman's Park
(The above four photos are by Stewart Black ~ April 16, 2011)
(The above two photos are by Josethius ~ March 23, 2011)
Westfield Shopping Centre
(Photo by Ben124. [Berit] ~ March 17, 2012)
Thames Barrier
(Photo by Russell C ~ May 21, 2006)
(Photo by Matthew Paul Gray ~ October 9, 2010)
(The above two photos are by wedgemondo ~ April 1 & 29, 2009)
Sculpture over a doorway, formerly the Royal Insurance Building ~ 2 Lombard Street
(Photo by CBArreton ~ February 5, 2011)
(Photo by SPakhrin ~ November 14, 2005)
The above one-hundred-&-seventy-four images are all courtesy of: http://www.flickr.com/
Views of Big Ben
Tower Bridge
St. Paul's Cathedral seen from the River Thames
The above four photos, St. Paul's Cathedral
The above four photos, Piccadilly Circus
Leadenhall Market
Palace of Westminster
The above four photos, Westminster Abbey
Above left, Lion Rampant | Above right, The Royal Courts of Justice
Above left, The Bank of England | Above right, London City Hall
The above four photos, London Eye
Millennium Bridge
The National Gallery
Above left, The National Gallery | Above right, Trafalgar Square
Royal Albert Hall
Covent Garden & Covent Garden Underground station
Fleet Street
The iconic Red Telephone Box
Above left, corner of Burlington Gardens & Savile Row, W1 | Above right, the old library, St. John's College ~ Cambridge
Above two photos, James Henry Greathead's statue, Cornhill ~ City of London
Above left, The Gresham's Grasshopper ~ Lombard Street | Above right, Pret A Manger
Hen & Chicken Court, EC4
Above left, EIIR Post Office mailbox | Above right, Battersea Power Station
Shard of Glass ~ London Bridge
A foggy day in London
Above left, Hammersmith Bridge | Above right, Albert Memorial ~ Hyde Park
St Patrick's Day Parade
Victory ~ The Victoria Memorial
The Royal Guard
Royal Wedding ~ April 29th, 2011
The above sixty-five photographs are all by Nobuyuki Tgauchi
The above sixty-five images are courtesy of: http://www.photo-visible.com/
Image courtesy of: http://www.flickr.com
Suggested readings:
London (1997), by John Russell: Abradale/Abrams
Restoration London: Everyday Life In London 1660-1670 (1997), by Liza Picard: Phoenix
London: A Social History (1998), by Roy Porter: Harvard University Press
The City of London Churches: A Pictorial Rediscovery (1998), by Derek Kendall & Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Collins & Brown
The London Stock Exchange: A History (2001), by Ranald C. Michie: Oxford University Press
Artists' London: Holbein to Hirst (2001), by Kit Wedd, Lucy Peltz & Catherine Ross: Merrell
Public Sculpture of the City of London (2003), by Philip Ward-Jackson: Liverpool University Press
'A More Beautiufl City': Robert Hooke and the Rebuilding of London after the Great Fire (2003), by Michael Cooper: Sutton
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life In Elizabethan London (2005), by Liza Picard: St. Martin's Press
London: A Pilgrimage (2005), by Blanchard Jerrold, Gustave Doré & Peter Ackroyd: Anthem Press
Victorian London: The Tale of A City, 1840 to 1870 (2006), by Liza Picard: St. Martin's Press
Secret London (2006), by Andrew Duncan: New Holland Publishers
Cordwainers: Shoemakers of the City of London (2008), by Clive Willcocks: Worth
London: A Biography (2009), by Peter Ackroyd: Random House Digital, Inc.
Modern History of the City of London (2009), by Philip Norman & Charles Welch: BiblioBazaar
The City: Life In Victorian England (2010), by Virginia Schomp: Marshall Cavendish
London Was Ours: Diaries and Memoirs of the London Blitz (2011), by Amy Helen Bell: I.B.Tauris
The City of London: Architectural Tradition & Innovation in the Square Mile (2011), by Nicholas Kenyon & Michael
Hall: Thames & Hudson
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