View of Temple Bar, London
John Collett (London c.1725 – London 1780)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
991 x 1245 mm (39 x 49 in)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London (Accredited Museum)
NT 773365
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of Temple Bar, London, John Collett (c.1725-80), circa 1770. The view is of the eastern-most extent of the Strand, looking towards Fleet Street through the arch of Temple Bar. It is busy with ladies shopping at a greengrocer's, a group of mummers dancing, a wig maker and a pair of tinkers and various other trades during a May-day procession. The banking premises of Child & Co were at No. 1 Fleet Street - immediately behind and to the right of Temple Bar as we look at it. For many years, this painting was displayed in the bank's dining room. It was removed in 1935 and taken to Osterley. A copy was made to hang in its place at the bank, where it remains today. No. 1 Fleet Street is now occupied by The Royal Bank of Scotland's Child & Co branch.
Provenance
On loan from the Earldom of Jersey Trust.
Credit line
Osterley Park, The Jersey Collection
Makers and roles
John Collett (London c.1725 – London 1780), artist
References
A Patron of Art: Paintings and Prints from the Collection of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh 1990, no.
