Interior of a house in Russell Street
Interior of a house in Russell Street
Record No
167808
Title
Interior of a house in Russell Street
Description
View of first-floor front room in a terraced house at 8 Russell Street, Covent Garden. Showing windows, a disused chimneypiece with elaborate mantle and two safes. 8 Russell Street is noteworthy since the rear of this house was the shop and home of Thomas Davies, a bookseller, during c1760-1785. It was at this location that James Boswell first met Samuel Johnson and the meeting is today commemorated by a blue plaque on the front of the building. The plaque reads: 'In this house occupied by THOMAS DAVIES Bookseller DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON first met JAMES BOSWELL in 1763'. The building is Grade II listed, listing number 1265108.
Date of execution
1975
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_517_75_7371
London picture map location
Exact
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