which you can order a print of here<\/a>. (There is a similar version at Chatsworth in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire.) This is the earliest surviving oil painting with London as the sole subject and it shows a panorama from Whitehall on the left to past the Tower of London at the right. <\/p>\nI’ve added some labels to the picture above with identifications below:<\/p>\n
1. Old St. Paul’s Cathedral. The spire was destroyed by fire in 1561 and was not re-built before the Cathedral itself was destroyed by the Great Fire in 1666<\/p>\n
2. St. Mary Overie, re-named St. Saviour’s after the Dissolution and Southwark Cathedral since 1905.<\/p>\n
3. Old London Bridge<\/p>\n
4. Heads on spikes at the end of London Bridge<\/p>\n
5. The Tower of London.<\/p>\n
6. Four theaters (see below)<\/p>\n
7. Whitehall and Westminster (sadly I don’t have a high-enough resolution version to pick out the exact details)<\/p>\n
Trying to sort out which of the theaters was which on the south bank has been a challenge but they probably include some combination of The Swan, The Globe, The Hope, The Rose, or The Bear Garden (for bull and bear baiting). Part of the problem is that the painting’s date isn’t firm, and it probably drew on earlier drawings and etchings. The theaters changed several times from the late Elizabethan times through the first half of the 17th century so figuring out which ones are portrayed in this painting is hard (assuming that it even represents an accurate image of the city at the time). The one at the far left is almost certainly The Swan, and I’m thinking that the one at the far right is The Globe. The one tucked behind it might be The Rose, but I can’t be sure. If anyone finds more concrete identifications, please leave a note in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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