BRITAIN-LONDON-DESIGN WEEK

BRITAIN-LONDON-DESIGN WEEK

(220525) -- LONDON, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People view the artwork "the House of Upcycling" during Clerkenwell Design Week in London, Britain, May 24, 2022. Clerkenwell Design Week, presenting a series of showroom events, exhibitions and special installations, opened here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

BRITAIN-LONDON-DESIGN WEEK

BRITAIN-LONDON-DESIGN WEEK

(220525) -- LONDON, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman views lighting equipment during Clerkenwell Design Week in London, Britain, May 24, 2022. Clerkenwell Design Week, presenting a series of showroom events, exhibitions and special installations, opened here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

BRITAIN-LONDON-DESIGN WEEK

BRITAIN-LONDON-DESIGN WEEK

(220525) -- LONDON, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 24, 2022 shows an artwork "the House of Upcycling" during Clerkenwell Design Week in London, Britain. Clerkenwell Design Week, presenting a series of showroom events, exhibitions and special installations, opened here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

BRITAIN-LONDON-DESIGN WEEK

BRITAIN-LONDON-DESIGN WEEK

(220525) -- LONDON, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman views lighting equipment during Clerkenwell Design Week in London, Britain, May 24, 2022. Clerkenwell Design Week, presenting a series of showroom events, exhibitions and special installations, opened here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

Cheers for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in London

Cheers for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in London

A page from The Sphere showing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth taking a surprised visit to see the decorations on the day after the Coronation in Clerkenwell, Islington, North London. The Royal car mobbed by the patriotic throngs, police have to force a way through the crowds, before the car almost stops to a standstill. 13 May 1937

Portrait of Christopher Pinchbeck

Portrait of Christopher Pinchbeck

Undated head and shoulders mezzoprint portrait of Christopher Pinchbeck by Isaac Whood. Pinchbeck (c.1670 - November 18, 1732) was a London clockmaker and maker of musical Automata. He was born in Clerkenwell but worked in Fleet Street. Probably his name was derived from Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. In the 1700s he invented the alloy Pinchbeck a cheap substitute for gold. He made an exquisite musical clock, worth about 500, for Louis XIV, and a fine organ for the Great Mogul, valued at 300. His eldest son, also named Christopher (1710 - 1783) became King's Clockmaker by appointment to George III: among his timepieces is an important astronomical clock made for the King, now in Buckingham Palace. HPG/8/1/1 (ix) Date: late 18th century