Spitalfields Collection

Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1815. View with figures and carts in the street. Built between 1714 and 1729, the church was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor

Pair of woman's silk damask shoes with buckles, between 1740 and 1750. Creator: Unknown
Pair of woman's silk damask shoes with buckles, between 1740 and 1750

Panel, Spitalfields, 1752. Creator: Anna Maria Garthwaite
Panel, Spitalfields, 1752

Panel (From a Dress), England, c. 1745/46. Creator: Unknown
Panel (From a Dress), England, c. 1745/46. Detail from a larger artwork

Sutherland, Spitalfields, 1870/71. Creator: Owen Jones
Sutherland, Spitalfields, 1870/71

Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1817. Artist: Thomas Higham
Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1817. Built between 1714 and 1729, the church was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. It is regarded as possibly the finest of the so-called Commissioners Churches

Shawl, Spitalfields, c. 1815 / 20. Creator: Unknown
Shawl, Spitalfields, c. 1815/20

Panel, Spitalfields, 1755 / 59. Creator: Unknown
Panel, Spitalfields, 1755/59

Panel, England, 1744 / 45. Creator: Unknown
Panel, England, 1744/45

Panel, England, 1706 / 09. Creator: Unknown
Panel, England, 1706/09

Panel from a Skirt, Spitalfields, c. 1753 / 55. Creator: Unknown
Panel from a Skirt, Spitalfields, c. 1753/55

Panel, Spitalfields, Mid-1740s. Creator: Unknown
Panel, Spitalfields, Mid-1740s

Panel (From a Dress), England, c. 1748 / 49. Creator: Unknown
Panel (From a Dress), England, c. 1748/49

Panel, England, c. 1747. Creator: Unknown
Panel, England, c. 1747

Panel, Spitalfields School of Design, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Panel, Spitalfields School of Design, 1849

Panel, Spitalfields, c. 1735. Creator: Unknown
Panel, Spitalfields, c. 1735

Panel, England, c. 1719 / 20. Creator: Unknown
Panel, England, c. 1719/20

Fragment (Dress Fabric), England, 1750 / 55. Creator: Unknown
Fragment (Dress Fabric), England, 1750/55

Panel, Spitalfields, 1752 / 55. Creator: Unknown
Panel, Spitalfields, 1752/55

Panel, Spitalfields, 1750s. Creator: Unknown
Panel, Spitalfields, 1750s

Panel, England, 1720 / 25 (probably 1723 / 24). Creator: Unknown
Panel, England, 1720/25 (probably 1723/24)

Panel, Spitalfields, c. 1752 / 55. Creator: Unknown
Panel, Spitalfields, c. 1752/55

Panel (From a Dress), England, c. 1745 / 46. Creator: Unknown
Panel (From a Dress), England, c. 1745/46

Panel of Wool Furnishing Damask, England, 1740-80. Creator: Unknown
Panel of Wool Furnishing Damask, England, 1740-80

Palm Sunday in Spitalfields, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Palm Sunday in Spitalfields, 1844. In the neighbourhood of London... " palming" is still a practice on the Sunday before Easter

Coffee Shop - Petticoat Lane, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Coffee Shop-Petticoat Lane, 1872. Crowded interior of a coffee shop in Petticoat Lane, Spitalfields, London. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Petticoat Lane market on a Sunday morning, London, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Petticoat Lane market on a Sunday morning, London, c1910. Crowds at the street market in Spitalfields. Postcard. [Celesque Series, Photochrom Co Ltd]

Christ Church, Spitalfields, View of the West End, mid-late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Christ Church, Spitalfields, View of the West End, mid-late 19th century. One of a set of views of baroque London churches

Moorfields and its Neighbourhood (From a Map of about 1720), (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Moorfields and its Neighbourhood (From a Map of about 1720), (c1872). Map of part of the City of London, showing the Moorfields, one of the last pieces of open land in the City

Georgian terraced houses and Christ Church, Spitalfields, Stepney, London, 1909
Georgian terraced houses and Christ Church, Fournier Street, Spitalfields, Stepney, London, 1909. Street of three-storey Georgian terraced houses

A General Fast in consequence of the War!!, 1794. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
A General Fast in consequence of the War!!, 1794. Two separate views: Lambeth, showing an archbishop and his family gorging at the dinner table; and Spitalfields

View of Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1817. Artist: Thomas Higham
View of Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1817. Built between 1714 and 1729, the church was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor

The fellow prentices at their looms, plate I of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the scene is a Spitalfields silk-weaving shop, London

Sclater Street Bird Fair on Sunday Morning, 1901. Artist: RA Shield
Sclater Street Bird Fair on Sunday Morning, 1901. From The Sunday Strand Vol. IV, [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1901]

Dress of Spitalfields silk, with pink satin quilted petticoat. Second half of eighteenth century, 18th century. From Georgian Art (1760-1820) - Burlington Magazine Monograph III, by. [B. T

Kitchen in a single womens lodging house, Spitalfields, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Jewish Synagogue, Spitalfields, 1935. Artist: William Rothenstein
Jewish Synagogue, Spitalfields, 1935. After the painting by Sir Wiliam Rothenstein. From Modern Masterpieces Part 6. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

Weaving at Spitalfields, London, 1747 (1894). From Hogarths Industry and Idleness series. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

Spitalfields silk weavers, 1893. Warners workshops, Spitalfields, East London. The weavers are working on hand looms and the weaving shed is lit by fishtail gas lights

Female silk worker, Spitalfields, London, 1833. A woman is winding silk onto the warping frame. The Spitalfields silk industry was begun by Huguenot refugees who left France after the Revocation by

Spitalfields silk worker winding silk in her cottage, London, England, 1893. This enclave of the silk industry was founded by Huguenot refugees from France after Louis XIVs Revocation of the Edict of

A Spitalfields silk weaver at his hand loom, 1884. This man could earn 70p in a good week, below the average for a skilled worker

Nicholas Culpepper, (c1650) 19th century
Nicholas Culpepper (1616-54), 19th century. English physician, herbalist and astrologer and, bottom, Red Lion House at Spitalfields, London, where he lived

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