Brick of cuneiform writing
EC2, Foster Lane, church courtyard
From Exploring London: "... a stone (actually baked brick) upon which is inscribed cuneiform writing. ... which comes from a Zigurrat in ...
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Roman pavement - St Matthews
EC2, Foster Lane, church courtyard
This church dates from the 12th century. From the church's website: "It has been altered, enlarged and restored many times and probably r...
2 subjects commemorated
Little Dorrit gate
SE1, Little Dorrit Court, Playground
The quoted text comes at the end of Chapter 13 of 'Little Dorrit' by Charles Dickens, the 'him' being Arthur Clennam. The Victorian Socie...
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Pamela Colman Smith
WC1, Store Street, 33, Treadwell’s Books
We learnt about this basement fireplace at Atlas Obscura. On our first visit we were told the space was not currently accessible to the ...
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Peter Pan planters at GOSH
WC1, Great Ormond Street, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Paul O'Gorman Building
Cars, cars, grrr, impossible to take photos of the building that also show the planters, positioned on the steps. These planters caught ...
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HMS Sovereign of the Seas
SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall
The text names Phineas Pett as the builder of this ship, but Wikipedia gives "... This was supervised by Peter Pett ... guided by his fat...
3 subjects commemorated,
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Virtues - Lucidity
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - North Vestibule
Bertrand Russell is reaching out to remove a blindfold from a naked woman who holds a mirror. She is the symbolic figure of Truth and he ...
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Virtues - Rest
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - North Vestibule
A sign outside a public house. The NG's leaflet confidently says the pub is in Kent. We found a pub of this name in Wheddon Cross, Minehe...
Virtues - Compromise
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - North Vestibule
We initially thought this odd scene may refer to one of Loretta Young's films, but no. The image contains a number of puzzling elements ...
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Virtues - Anrep
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - North Vestibule
Carved at the top of the gravestone is a portrait of Anrep himself. The image below, on the left shows a few mosaic tesserae and the spec...
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