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Description: | Colour lithograph . King George IV engaged architect John Nash to make designs for the Charing Cross Improvement Scheme in the 1820s. As part of this scheme, Nash made plans for a new square but died before these were executed. Instead, architect Charles Barry laid out the square, which was named Trafalgar Square in about 1835 but was not completed for a further ten years. The National Gallery building was designed by William Wilkins and constructed between 1833 and 1838.
Designed by the architect William Railton, the construction of Nelson’s Column began in 1840 and the statue was raised in November 1843. The four sculptured lions beneath the column were not added until 1867. However, it is possible to see a faint outline, indicating the future position of the lions, in this print.
This work is one of a series of twelve views of famous London buildings, lithographed by Thomas Picken and William Simpson after drawings by Edmund Walker. The series was published by Messrs Lloyd Brothers & Co. and titled ‘Views of the Principal Buildings in London’. | Subjects: | wheelbarrow church gallery carriage 19th century costume street horse hansom cab cart public square horseback soldier statue bollard topography girl woman column monument dog lamp post townscape/cityscape man | Temporal: | 1852 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Thomas Picken (Lithographer) | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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