Picture Book of London III.

Fülszöveg

THE THIRD COUNTRY LIFE PICTURE BOOK OF LONDON This is the third ofthe Country Life Picture Books of London. Once more the task of providing the 75 illustrations has been assigned to G. F. Allén, who has earned a reputation as one of the íinest landscape photographers in the country. He approaches each subject not only with the technical skill of the photographer, but with the eye ofthe artist. The subjects he has chosen are as varied and stimulating as London itself. Here may be found the West End with its royal palaces, famous squares and houses, its parks and colourful ceremonies; the East End with its teeming Street markets; the City with its great Cathedral and its streets that are the centre of London's commerce; the South Bank with its riverside life and its echoes of the Lambeth Walk; delightful odd corners of Hampstead and Highgate to the North; and the historic approaches to London such as Greenwich, Richmond and Hampton Court. Wherever he goes, Mr Allen's practised eye... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE THIRD COUNTRY LIFE PICTURE BOOK OF LONDON This is the third ofthe Country Life Picture Books of London. Once more the task of providing the 75 illustrations has been assigned to G. F. Allén, who has earned a reputation as one of the íinest landscape photographers in the country. He approaches each subject not only with the technical skill of the photographer, but with the eye ofthe artist. The subjects he has chosen are as varied and stimulating as London itself. Here may be found the West End with its royal palaces, famous squares and houses, its parks and colourful ceremonies; the East End with its teeming Street markets; the City with its great Cathedral and its streets that are the centre of London's commerce; the South Bank with its riverside life and its echoes of the Lambeth Walk; delightful odd corners of Hampstead and Highgate to the North; and the historic approaches to London such as Greenwich, Richmond and Hampton Court. Wherever he goes, Mr Allen's practised eye picks out something of interest - the pavement artist, the Chelsea pensioner, the front of a famous club in St James's, the houses where Dickens, Dr Johnson and Romney lived, the seacadets on the Thames, the ancient chapel in the Tower where the Knights of the Bath once kept vigil before their investiture. Whether you are Londoner born and bred, Londoner by adoption, exile or visitor, there is something in this book to catch the attention or delight the eye. Vissza