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“Devil’s Acre”
By FICHER, Charles after FICHOT Ch[arles]; [printed by] BECQUET, 1852
£2,500
Vue Générale de Londres Prise au dessus du Park St James.
- Author: FICHER, Charles after FICHOT Ch[arles]; [printed by] BECQUET
- Publication place: Paris
- Publisher: Ledot Jerome, 168 rue de Rivoli, Grand Hotel du Louvre
- Publication date: after 1852
- Physical description: Lithograph.
- Dimensions: Image: 412 by 605mm. (16.25 by 23.75 inches). Sheet: 543 by 730mm. (21.5 by 28.75 inches).
- Inventory reference: 12455
Notes
Fichot’s print is broadly based upon Appert’s c1850 birds’-eye view (items 32–35). The main difference is the addition of Victoria Street, built in 1851, partly on the site of a slum dubbed “Devil’s Acre” by Charles Dickens.
Charles Fichot (1817–1903) was a French lithographer, who settled in Paris in 1852, giving an approximate date for the print.
Charles Fichot (1817–1903) was a French lithographer, who settled in Paris in 1852, giving an approximate date for the print.
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