St. Paul's from Ludgate Circus, 1905

Title

St. Paul's from Ludgate Circus

Photographer

• Alvin Langdon Coburn

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• art photography (modern)
• pictorialism

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Heliogravure on cardboard

Material

• printing ink
• japanese paper
• cardboard

Technique

• heliogravure

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet verso auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: beschriftet und beziffert

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© George Eastman House

Acquisition

Acquired in 2018 with funds provided by the Werner Wirthle bequest

Genre

• city view

Main Motif

• street scene
• man
• group of people
• building
• Saint Paul's Cathedral (London)
• Saint Martin Within Ludgate (London)
• Ludgate Hill (London)
• London

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Christopher Wren

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61E(LONDON) names of cities and villages (LONDON)
• 11Q712 church (exterior)
• 11Q7121(DOME) parts of church exterior and annexes: dome
• 25I141 street
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings

Secondary

• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 41B162 smoke
• 46C161 automobile
• 31D14 adult man
• 46C145 (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart
• 22C light
• 22C8 shadow