Evening in the City of London 1944 Robert Dighton Measures 100mm in height

Measures 100mm in height

The charismatic Leighton had networked energetically with artists and patrons throughout the 1850s

from its establishment in 1133 until it was surpressed in 1855

of 92 Narrow Street

Although Wilde's health health suffered from his imprisonment

Evening in the City of London 1944 Robert Dighton Measures 100mm in heightEvening in the City of London. This view of the bomb damaged City of London is taken from the tower of St Mary le Bow Church in Cheapside. Newgate Street and Cheapside are represented by the dark diagonal on the right. St Paul's Cathedral dominates the distance. This is Bomberg's only painting of bomb damaged London, but his strong blocks of warm colour seem to express optimism. He once said: 'I want to translate the life of a great city into art that