Christopher Wren’s Plan For Rebuilding The City Of London

Christopher Wren’s Plan For Rebuilding The City Of LondonThis fascinating 18th century engraving based upon Christopher Wrens intriguing plan to rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666. Wren presented his ideas to Charles II shortly after the Fire had destroyed most of the City. His ambitious vision involved creating impressively wide streets and grand piazzas, which were more akin to Paris than ramshackle London. He had previously studied the street system in the French capital along with Rome and was

Johansen was considered to be one of the foremost Danish painters of his generation and exhibited regularly at the Danish equivalent of the Royal Academy

Minor historic repair to canvas

It’s an unusual portrayal

Frame with a few minor chips

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a busker keenly squeezes the accordion and sings a familiar tune

Perhaps this painting was a commission by the actor himself to celebrate a particularly illustrious role

Provenance Denmark

He’s probably best known for 18 large drawings which he completed for Hans Christian Andersen's ‘The Story of a Mother’

With broad

holes and wear only seem to add to its atmospheric ‘lost in time’ appearance

Anaïs Folin