Ebbe Sadolin’s London
Danish Illustrator Ebbe Sadolin (1900-82) visited London in the years following the War to capture the character of the capital, just recovering from the Blitz, in a series of lyrical drawings executed in elegant spidery lines. Remarkably, he included as many images of the East End as the West End and I publish a selection of favourites here from the forties.
George & Dragon, Shoreditch
St Katherine’s Way, Wapping
The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping
Stocks, Shoreditch
Petticoat Lane
Tower Green, Tower of London
The Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet St
Rough Sleeper, Shoreditch
Islington Green
Nightingale Lane, Wapping
Fleet St
Wapping churchyard
Tower of London
Commercial Rd, Stepney
St Pancras Station
High St, Plaistow
Bride of Denmark, Queen Anne’s Gate
Liverpool St Station
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Wonderful drawings! Valerie
Wow! I love these illustrations. I don’t believe I am familiar with this artist. More please! Thank you.
Yes – great drawings! I’d love to be able to sketch with that much confidence and skill..
And I love the period adverts which are so much part of the scenes.
More please!
Where were the Shoreditch stocks? I passed along the main roads every day going to and from school in Bethnal Green (1944-1949) but never discovered them — or has memory faded?
Thank you for these wonderful drawings of my favourite city.
The rough sleeper was wearing a ragged army uniform.
Think of Ralph Mitelles “Streets of London”.
A forgotten Hero. ?
Gary