On The Embankment
Description: "London - and this is at the root of every problem which the more serious contemplate when they think of the City, and which the merely observant must curiously note - London is not one thing...Not that London lacks a common atmosphere and a common spirit; it possesses both to an extraordinary degree. It does not indeed breed a breed of men. For the myriads of Romans, of Parisians, of Marseillese, of Hamburgers and the rest, London can show no parallel. Its breeding-grounds are in the slums and obscure, lacking any civic tradition; its middle class, which might produce a tradition, is perhaps the least prolific in Europe; it has no resident aristocracy; it is merely used by the plutocracy of the moment as a place of leisure, of enjoyment, and of control. Yet the spiritual unity it evinces strikes every foreigner and possesses every native observer."Text by Hilaire Belloc from the book 'London'
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Photographer : Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882-1966)
Geographic coverage: 531500 , 181500; London, City of London
Date: [1909]
Date of creation: 1909
Format: jpeg; 21.4; 16.4; Centimetres; Photographic print
Subject: Photogravure Print, Sphinx, Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment, WC2, Statues, Symbolism; Photography -- Great Britain -- 19th century; 779
Identifier: 006ZZZ00LR404N9U00016000; L.R.404.n.9
Is part of: Early photographically illustrated books. Collect Britain
Rights: Copyright © British Library Board
Data provider: The British Library
Provider: The European Library
Providing country: United Kingdom
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