|
Date: |
|
Description: | This photograph shows the weathervane, in the form of a grasshopper, on the roof of the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Construction on the Royal Exchange was begun in 1566 by Sir Thomas Gresham in order to provide merchants with a place to trade. The building was destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666 and speedily rebuilt, re-opening in 1669. The building was rebuilt again in 1844 after once more being destroyed by fire. The Exchange was home, between 1774 and 1928, to Lloyd?s of London, the famous insurance market. The grasshopper in the building?s weathervane was a part of Gresham?s family crest and was placed there in his honour. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | London and Middlesex Archaeological Society | Subjects: | Cityscape Art and Design | Temporal: | c1910 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
|
|