c. 1865London
On the rooftops of London
Unknown photographer. National Library of Ireland, STP_0424.
Elevated photograph
c. 1865·London
On the rooftops of London
Unknown photographer. National Library of Ireland, STP_0424.
Elevated photograph
What this plate shows
A camera on London roofs. Chimney pots in the near field. St Paul’s dome in the distance. Smoke, brick, and a real horizon. This is an elevated photograph, not a bird’s-eye lithograph. The city is whatever the lens could hold from that roof, that day.
- Image type
- Elevated photograph
- Source
- National Library of Ireland on The Commons; Wikimedia scan. Pre-1869 rooftop view, likely c. 1865.
- License
- No known copyright restrictions (Flickr Commons / NLI).
Same city, two kinds
A drawn panorama from the south bank beside a photograph from the roofs. Same city, two kinds.