"Where was Wych Street?, Forgotten London" by David Aldus U.A

£1,450.00

 

                "Where was Wych Street?, Forgotten London" by David Aldus U.A

 

A brand new work capturing forever one of London's forgotten streets! Wych Street which was roughly where Australia House now stands on Aldwych long since demolished!!!

 

 

Wych Street was a street in London, roughly where Australia House now stands on Aldwych. It ran west from the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand to a point towards the southern end of Drury Lane. The street was demolished by the London County Council in around 1901, as part of the redevelopment that created the Kingsway and Aldwych.

 

Wych Street was unique with its Elizabethan buildings, with projecting wooden jetties, as the area around Drury Lane was not affected by the Great Fire of London 1666. The Angel Inn public house was at the bottom of Wych Street, by the Strand. To the west, about halfway along on the north side, was the New Inn, where Sir Thomas More received his early legal education, and, to the south, Lyon's Inn, where Sir Edward Coke was a reader in 1578, which was replaced by a Globe Theatre and the Opera Comique in c.1863. At the western end was Drury House, the house of Sir Robert Drury, from which Drury Lane took its name finally turned into a public house, the "Queen of Bohemia", named after Lord Craven's mistress, Elizabeth of Bohemia, the daughter of James I. Jack Sheppard, the infamous thief, was apprenticed to a carpenter, Mr. Wood, on Wych Street; one of Sheppard's haunts, the White Lion tavern, was also on Wych Street. The music hall performer Arthur Lloyd lived at 39 Wych Street in 1892. Around 1780, the brothers George and John Jacob Astor, who later became America's first multimillionaire, ran an instrument store in 26 Wych Street.

 

       Signed by Aldus

 

Highest price received for one of his paintings is £20,000. "Armada under attack from the English Fleet". Also £14,000 "Lot's Wife" Absolute investment opportunity!

 

 

 

 Measurements; 20 inches x 16 inches  (50.8 cms x 40.6 cms) 

 

Oil on Canvas

 

 

 

 

 

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                                 Ref only;Wikipedia; david aldus                          davidaldus.com                       

 

 

 

David Aldus the artist has exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists (R.B.A); the Royal Institute of Oils (R.O.I); and the Royal Society of Marine Artists (R.S.M.A)  He has been nominated twice as a finalist in the Garrick/Milne prize exhibition held at Christies LONDON. His work has been selected for the Discerning Eye Exhibition by Art Critic, Edward Lucie Smith, where all his work was sold. At the same  Exhibition  he was awarded a special commendation for his brushwork. He also sold all his work at the Lambeth Palace when exhibiting under the auspices of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. At the Westminster Central Hall United Artists' Exhibition he won first prize for the best Oil painting!! Highest price received for one of his paintings is £20,000 "Armada attack from the English Fleet". Also £14,000. "Lot's wife"  see davidaldus.com . This painting was the same size as Turner's Hannibal crossing the Alps 5 foot by 8 foot. David Aldus also sold "A tribute to the people of Malta" that sold for £10,000. The same painting was the subject of a congratulatory letter from Queen Elizabeth II. Lord Lewin, Admiral of the Fleet also sent a letter of congratulations. He has held one or two-man shows at Knightsbridge; South Kensington; Windsor and numerous other venues. He has exhibited in Westminster Central Hall; Royal Festival Hall; Birmingham’s Royal British Artists exhibition; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; Rooksmoor Gallery, Bath; London Guildhall; Mann Island, Liverpool; Christies, the London Auction House, etc.

 

 

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