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A collection of pencil drawings and brief captions that records nocturnal views of the city, focusing on streets, squares, bridges, monuments, and parks under artificial light. The plates move between bustling thoroughfares, quieter garden and heath scenes, riverside embankments and architectural landmarks, often emphasizing contrasts of shadow and electric illumination. Sequence and captions impart an observational, topographical sensibility, offering visual impressions rather than narrative, and together evoke the atmosphere and urban rhythms of night-time city life.

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Title: London at Night: A sketch-book

Author: Frederick Carter

Release date: February 14, 2017 [eBook #54166]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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LONDON
AT NIGHT


CLEARING AWAY THE FLOWER BASKETS IN PICCADILLY CIRCUS 11pm

A SKETCH-BOOK.
by Frederick Carter.

ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, LONDON, W. 1914.


LIST OF TITLES.

iPICCADILLY CIRCUS. (Title page)
iiTHE CURVE OF THE QUADRANT, REGENT STREET
iiiCLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE.
ivTHE MARBLE ARCH.
vTHE SCAFFOLD: BUILDING AT NIGHT IN OXFORD STREET.
viKENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS.
viiHANWAY STREET. TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD.
viiiHAMPSTEAD HEATH ON BANK HOLIDAY.
ixAIR STREET. FROM REGENT STREET.
xELECTRIC LIGHT IN THE TREES ON THE EMBANKMENT.
xiLIBERTY’S CORNER. REGENT STREET.
xiiSAINT PAUL’S CATHEDRAL. SOUTH SIDE.
xiiiTHE ARCHES. UNDER CHARING CROSS.
xivTHE SPHINX ON THE EMBANKMENT.
xvA CHURCH IN REGENT SQUARE.
xviSAINT MARTIN’S IN THE FIELDS.
xviiMARKET STREET, ST JAMES’.
xviii HUNGERFORD BRIDGE.
xixAFTER THE THEATRE: ST MARTIN’S IN THE FIELDS.
xxOXFORD CIRCUS.
xxiTHE CABRANK ADELAIDE STREET.
xxiiTHE ALBANY.
xxiii THE NATIONAL GALLERY, FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
xxivA GARDEN IN THE MALL.
 F Carter

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f. carter 1914. THE CURVE OF THE QUADRANT. REGENT STREET.

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CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE.

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THE MARBLE ARCH
f. carter 1914

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THE SCAFFOLD. BUILDING AT NIGHT IN OXFORD STREET

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KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS

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HANWAY STREET. TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD. f. carter 1914

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HAMPSTEAD HEATH ON BANK HOLIDAY

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Air Street from Regent Street. 1913.

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ELECTRIC LIGHT IN THE TREES ON THE EMBANKMENT f carter. 1913

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LIBERTY’S CORNER. REGENT STREET.

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SAINT PAUL’S CATHEDRAL       SOUTH SIDE.

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THE ARCHES. CHARING CROSS.

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THE SPHINX ON THE EMBANKMENT.

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THE CHURCH IN REGENT SQUARE

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SAINT MARTIN’S IN THE FIELDS

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MARKET STREET ST JAMES’

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HUNGERFORD BRIDGE.

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f carter AFTER THE THEATRE ST. MARTIN’S IN THE FIELDS

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OXFORD CIRCUS.

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THE CABRANK ADELAIDE STREET

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THE ALBANY

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THE NATIONAL GALLERY FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE

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A GARDEN IN THE MALL.

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EDINBURGH.Lester G. Hornby
ETON.Fred Richards
GLASGOW.John Nisbet
HARROW.Walter M. Keesey
LONDON.Lester G. Hornby
LONDON AT NIGHT.Frederick Carter
OXFORD.Fred Richards
ROCHESTER.K. Kimball
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