1870-1940
The Old Shop in Long Lane, Smithfield
Ref: 1290
Signed l.r. Rex Vicat Cole and inscribed with title and the artist address on labels on the reverse
Oil on board
42 by 32 cm., 16 ½ by 12 ½ in.
A lost shop which once housed a specialist knife shop which supplied the butchers of Smithfield Market which stands opposite. Long Lane’s old buildings on either side of Rising Sun Court are propped up for support giving a view of the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great.