The street facade of the newly built Caslon Letter Foundry at 22-23 Chiswell Street

Date:
May 1910
Location:
22-23 Chiswell Street, Islington, Greater London Authority, EC1
Reference:
BL20879
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The building shown in this photograph replaced the foundry established by William Caslon, typefounder, which stood on this site between 1737 and 1909. The architect of these new premises was Percy B Tubbs and the photograph was commissioned by H W Caslon and Company Limited.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: H W Caslon And Company

Photographer: Bedford Lemere And Company

Architect: Tubbs, Percy Burnell

Keywords

Edwardian Foundry