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Description: | Lawrence Wright completed seven watercolours in a ten-drawing series intended to provide a 360-degree panorama of post-war London. Wright viewed the full circle of war-scarred London from the Stone Gallery in St Paul's Cathedral.
This detailed view looks east over the bomb-damaged area between Watling Street, on the extreme right, and Cheapside. The Cityscape is dominated by the bombed tower of Sir Christopher Wren's St Mary le Bow church. The structure was later rebuilt between 1956 and 1962.
Wright's seven watercolours provide a 260-degree panorama for which he produced a key drawing identifying landmarks on seven boards. The missing 100 degrees is covered by three linked paintings, which do not line up with the two ends of this series. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Mrs Patricia Crick and Dr John Wright | Subjects: | Cityscape Art and Design | Temporal: | 1948-1952 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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