WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
London Signs and Inscriptions cover

London Signs and Inscriptions

Chapter 1: LONDON SIGNS AND INSCRIPTIONS.
By Philip Norman
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

ArchitectureArtHistory - British

About This Book

The author surveys sculptured and painted house signs, carved crests, dates, and inscriptions found across London, recording surviving examples, lost specimens, and their historical associations. He documents artistic and heraldic motifs on buildings, traces changes in streets and suburbs from the City to Islington and Clerkenwell, and discusses how urban development has removed gardens, houses, and signs. Entries include descriptions, probable origins, legends, and museum-held relics, with attention to conservation, aesthetic value, and the potential for architectural sculpture to preserve local memory.

LONDON SIGNS AND INSCRIPTIONS.

The Camden Library.

EDITED BY

G. LAURENCE GOMME, F.S.A.

AND

T. FAIRMAN ORDISH, F.S.A.

 

FISH SHOP IN CHEYNE WALK.

THE CAMDEN LIBRARY.

LONDON
SIGNS AND INSCRIPTIONS.

BY

PHILIP NORMAN, F.S.A.

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY

HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A.

AUTHOR OF ‘LONDON PAST AND PRESENT,’ ETC.

LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1893.

UNIFORM WITH THE PRESENT VOLUME.

In handsome post 8vo. size; tastefully printed in antique style.
On fine paper with rough edges, and bound in cloth, at 6s. per
volume; bound in roxburgh, with gilt top, price 7s. 6d.;
roxburgh binding, 10s. 6d. net. Large-paper copies,
21s. net.

THE FIRST VOLUME of The Camden Library, recently
published, is entitled

THE ANTIQUITIES AND CURIOSITIES
OF THE EXCHEQUER.

By HUBERT HALL, F.S.A., of H.M.’s Public Record Office.

With illustrations by RALPH NEVILL, F.S.A., and
an Introduction by Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A.

‘This, the first volume of a valuable series, is perhaps one of the most interesting works of its kind. The facts and anecdotes which are woven into the pages are curious, and no doubt will be perfectly new to many readers.’—Public Opinion.

‘Will be immensely superior to the ordinary kind of serial handbooks,
if Mr. Hubert Hall’s scholarly and well-written book is a fair
sample.... His account of the origins of our national finance is
full of valuable information which cannot be easily found elsewhere.’—St.
James’s Gazette.

‘It does great credit to the persevering industry, discrimination,
and literary skill of its author.’—Daily Telegraph.

LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.