Allen''s Tobacconist Shop, Hart Street, Grosvenor Square, 1841 fashion and jewellery This is more than a

This is more than a history of London

so you can toss it in your bag without a second thought

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

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

Allen''s Tobacconist Shop, Hart Street, Grosvenor Square, 1841 fashion and jewellery This is more than aOil 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