Alice Pattullo: Fire & Ice

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Favourite illustrator Alice Pattullo has just completed two projects on the subjects of fire and ice in the history of the City of London. One is a series of coloured drawings for an exhibition of the history of fire insurance after the Great Fire of 1666 and the other is an advent calendar illustrating the Frost Fayre that took place on the frozen Thames centuries ago.

AFTER THE FIRE is a free exhibition that runs until 27th November at the Bank of England Museum. This major new exhibition from the Insurance Museum looks at the year 1702, when early fire insurance companies were booming and Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House was packed full of insurers, brokers and investors.

Lloyd’s Coffee House

Edward & Elizabeth Lloyd

At Lloyd’s Coffee House

Firemarks

Queen Anne

These three panels show the rebuilding of London after the fire, thanks to insurance

Orlando skating on the Thames

Alice Pattullo’s Frost Fayre advent calendar

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