Scharf Collection

London Bridges Old and New, 1831, (1920). Artist: George Scharf
London Bridges Old and New, 1831, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Portico of the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, 1842. Artist
Portico of the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, 1842. View showing the laying down of the Mortimer wood pavement

Sir Isaac Newtons house and observatory, 35 St Martins Street, Westminster, London, 1826. View of the famous physicists house off Leicester Square

Old and new London Bridges, London, 1831. Artist
Old and new London Bridges, London, 1831. View of the old and new London Bridges viewed from the south bank during demolition and reconstruction work with boats on the River Thames in the foreground

Old and new London Bridges looking south, London, 1831. Artist
Old and new London Bridges looking south, London, 1831. View showing the Church of St Magnus the Martyr. In the foreground on the left a woman carries a basket of fish on her head

Three views of Toten Hall, Tottenham Court Road, St Pancras, London, c1810

Whitefield Chapel on Charles Street, Westminster, London, c1841. Artist
Whitefield Chapel on Charles Street, Westminster, London, c1841

View of the Lord Mayors Dinner at the Guildhall, City of London, 1828. William Thompson (1792-1854) was Lord Mayor of London in 1828-1829

View of University College Schools playground with University College to the right, 1833. The playground is teeming with boys playing a variety of games

Samuel Taylor Coleridges study in Highgate, Haringey, London, c1835. The study is at a residence owned by James Gillman

Castle Tavern, Old Kent Road, London, c1830. Artist: George Scharf
View of the Castle Tavern, London, c1830. Also showing part of the yard belonging to Robert Atkins, timber merchant, on the Old Kent Road, Southwark

Giraffes at the Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, Marylebone, London, 1836. Artist
Giraffes at the Zoological Gardens in Regents Park, London, 1836. The new arrivals shown with the Arabs who brought them over to England: Cabas, Omar, Zaida, Mabrouck, Selim, Guib-Allah, Abdalah

The Lord Mayors Dinner at Guildhall, London, 1829; showing rows of tables and figures with staff working in the foreground. William Thompson was Lord Mayor in 1828-29

King William Street, London, 1830. Artist: George Scharf
View of the northern approach to London Bridge showing the site of the new King William Street, with building works in progress

King William Street, 1830. Artist: George Scharf
View of the northern approach to London Bridge showing the site of the new King William Street, with building works in progress, 1830. St Magnus the Martyr can be seen in the foreground

Southwark Cathedral, London, 1830. Artist: George Scharf
View of Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1830; with Southwark Cathedral in the background and construction work being undertaken in the foreground

Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1830. Artist: George Scharf
View of Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1830; with a busy street scene and construction work being undertaken in the foreground

Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, London, 1835. Artist: Charles Joseph Hullmandel
View of the Zoological Gardens in Regents Park, London, 1835; showing camels, goats and a zebra

Election in Covent Garden, London, 1818. Artist: Rudolph Ackermann
Election in Covent Garden, London, 1818. View in Covent Garden, London of the election of members of parliament for Westminster, 1818

Drawn at Salisbury, c1800. Artist: George Scharf
Drawn at Salisbury, c1800. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]

Florence Nightingale, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled Celebrities of British History produced

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