Images Dated 2009 October

Battle of Cable Street mural K031532

FORMER ST GEORGE'S TOWN HALL, 236 Cable Street, Tower Hamlets, London. Mural on end wall commemorating the Battle of Cable Street. Wall painting

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Street Art

Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick N070675

APSLEY HOUSE, London. Frederick William Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1771-1815) c.1813-15. German school. WM 1553-1948. A veteran of the Prussian army, who had fought many wars with the French since 1789. He briefly inherited the Duchy in 1806, but in 1807 it was seized by the French. In 1809 with the resumption of hostilities he established a Brunswick corps - wearing black in mourning for their occupied Duchy. He finally regained his Duchy in 1813. In 1815, as a Major-General, he led a fresh contingent in the Hundred Days campaign, but was killed by a gunshot at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16th June, while leading his troops. He died two days before the Battle of Waterloo

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Bridgewater House, London DD56_00034

BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, Westminster, London. Interior view. Before the First World War Bridgewater House contained the finest private picture gallery in England, admitting visitors on Wednesdays and Saturdays after previous application in writing. Lady Ellesmere's Boudoir (shown here) was not open to the public when the family were in residence. The circular painting is a Raphael Holy Family known as 'Madonna with the Palm Tree', and to its right Raphael's 'The Madonna del Passeggio', both now on display in the National Gallery of Scotland. To the left is a studio copy of Raphael's 'Madonna with the Blue Diadem' (the original is in the Louvre). Photographed by Newton and Co (1890-1914)

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