A visual history of the London Skyline

1550

[Anton van den Wyngaerde]

London Bridge 1554-7

Wyngaerde – West London

Wyngaerde – Central London

Wyngaerde – East London

1569

[Joris Hoefnagel]

Hoefnagel – Fete at Bermondsey – 1569

Hoefnagel – 1572

1616

[Claes van Visscher]

Vesccher – panorama

Vesscher – detail – West London

Vesscher – detail – West/Central London

Vesscher – detail – Central London

Vesscher – detail – Central/East London

Vesscher – detail – East London

1650

[Mattheus Merian]

Merian – Before the Great Fire of London – 1650

Merian – During the Great Fire of London – 1666

1647-77

[Wenceslaus Hollar]

Hollar – 1647

Hollar – detail – 1647

Hollar – Tower of London – date unknown

Hollar – St Paul’s – before and after the Great Fire

Hollar – view of East London before and after the Great Fire

Hollar – view from Milford stairs – 1643

1700

[Frederick de Wit]

Wit – 1700

1774

[Samuel & Nathaniel Buck]

Buck – Westminster – 1774

Buck – Somerset House to Bridewell

Buck – Fleet Ditch to St. Michael’s Church

Buck – Old Street Church to The Tower of London

1806-7

[The Rhinebeck’ Panorama – artist unknown]

The ‘Rhinebeck’ panorama – courtesy of the Museum of London

 

Detail of The Rhinebeck Panorama: 19th century

Detail of The Rhinebeck Panorama: 19th century

Detail of The Rhinebeck Panorama: 19th century

Detail of The Rhinebeck Panorama: 19th century

1865

Thames Embankment construction 1865

1877

[Henry Dawson]

Henry Dawson – 1877

1900

Tower Bridge, circa 1900, shortly after the bridge’s completion

Late 1800’2/early 1900’s

[Monet]

Monet – Thames at Westminster – 1871

Monet – Charing Cross Bridge – 1899

Monet – Parliament – 1904

Monet – London Parliament in Winter – 1904

Monet – Houses of Parliament, Sunset – 1902

Monet – Le Parlement, effet de brouillard – 1904

Monet – Houses of Parliament – 1905

Monet – Waterloo Bridge – 1899

1892

Construction of Tower Bridge – 1892

1930

London Victoria Embankment – 1930

1940

St Paul’s during the Blitz of WWII – 1940

Present Day – 2013

[Stephanie Wolff]

Tower Bridge landscape – © Stephanie Wolff

London Bridge Station – © Stephanie Wolff

Canary Wharf – © Stephanie Wolff

Southwark – © Stephanie Wolff

Tower Bridge portrait – © Stephanie Wolff

Tower of London – © Stephanie Wolff

London’s Bridges – © Stephanie Wolff

London Eye – © Stephanie Wolff

Tower Bridge – © Stephanie Wolff

Monument – © Stephanie Wolff

City of London – © Stephanie Wolff

Central & West London – © Stephanie Wolff

Houses of Parliament – © Stephanie Wolff

St Paul’s – © Stephanie Wolff

(All black & white photographs in the ‘present day’ series by Stephanie Wolff are now available in a limited edition of prints, obtainable on application – contact details here)