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Bryan de Grineau (1883-1957)
Lot 60

Bryan de Grineau (1883-1957)

The original home of The Illustrated London News, to the site of which we are now returning: 198, Strand, in the year of the Great Exhibition: A reconstruction from a contemporary drawing

Closed7 October 2014

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GBP 400–600

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Bryan de Grineau (1883-1957)
The original home of The Illustrated London News, to the site of which we are now returning: 198, Strand, in the year of the Great Exhibition: A reconstruction from a contemporary drawing
signed and dated 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU/1951' (lower left)
pencil, unframed
21 x 15 in. (53.3 x 38 cm.)

Specialist note

"Today, June 16, marks an important day in the 109 years' history of The Illustrated London News, for it is the day on which we are moving, together with the other five papers of Illustrated Newspapers, back to the original site of our first office at 198, Strand where illustrated journalism first saw the light of day."