The Elephant and Castle 19th century 50.82/1329 Do not tumble dry

Do not tumble dry

The Telegraph building was the most prominent in Fleet Street until it was upstaged by the black glass Daily Express building in 1932

hundreds of professional brokers and jobbers as well as ordinary investors came to buy and sell government stock each day

The painting was acquired by the London Museum as a work by Charles Hunt and is signed and dated accordingly at bottom left

The Elephant and Castle 19th century 50.82/1329 Do not tumble dryThe Elephant and Castle. Pen and watercolour with traces of pencil. View of the busy junction with carriages, traders and a herd of cows. The sign for the Elephant pub is visible, as is next door's 'The House of God' sign.