Allen''s Tobacconist Shop, Hart Street, Grosvenor Square, 1841 fashion and jewellery ‘Body of London’

‘Body of London’

seen here carrying Emmeline away from the demonstration had been ordered to arrest Emmeline by the Home Office

This is more than a history of London

Barry Fantoni grew up in south east London and attended Camberwell Art School

The Telegraph building was the most prominent in Fleet Street until it was upstaged by the black glass Daily Express building in 1932

Allen''s Tobacconist Shop, Hart Street, Grosvenor Square, 1841 fashion and jewellery ‘Body of London’Oil painting on canvas in a gilded wooden frame. The artist, Robert Allen, was the proprietor of this tobacconist''s shop at 20 Hart Street, Grosvenor Square. As advertised outside, Allen was also a writer and a sign painter. While the traditional trade signs of the tobacconist surmount the fascia, various posters can be seen outside the shop: a steamer service by the ''William George'' and ''Royal Adelaide'' is advertised as operating between London