Comments on: John Thomas Smith’s Antiquities Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/13/john-thomas-smiths-antiquities-of-old-london-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 17 Oct 2024 04:50:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Carolyn Hooper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/13/john-thomas-smiths-antiquities-of-old-london-i/#comment-1634621 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 04:50:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200887#comment-1634621 Simply magnificent!

Thank-you, gentle author

]]> By: Eve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/13/john-thomas-smiths-antiquities-of-old-london-i/#comment-1623201 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:05:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200887#comment-1623201 ..awesome drawings that somehow exude & convey a great respect for the past.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/13/john-thomas-smiths-antiquities-of-old-london-i/#comment-1623082 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:16:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200887#comment-1623082 Controlled, dignified, stately and austere.
A banquet of telling details.

Thank you, GA.

]]> By: Paul Phillips https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/13/john-thomas-smiths-antiquities-of-old-london-i/#comment-1622716 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:09:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200887#comment-1622716 These line drawings/etchings are so well constructed, one feels transported back in time to when they existed.
I find them so fascinating and informative.
Yours
P. Phillips

]]> By: aubrey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/13/john-thomas-smiths-antiquities-of-old-london-i/#comment-1622714 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:04:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200887#comment-1622714 The etchings: just brilliant. The cobbled roadway granit setts so ubiquitously shown must’ve caused no end of walking difficulty for people and beast.

]]> By: Winnie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/13/john-thomas-smiths-antiquities-of-old-london-i/#comment-1622685 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 06:50:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200887#comment-1622685 Theses really are splendid.

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