Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London
Architect/Designer | Johnson, James (d. 1807) |
| Smirke, Sir Robert (1780-1867) |
Artist/Photographer | Pugin, Augustus Charles (c. 1769-1832) | Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1812 |
Image Date | 1809 |
View | Interior |
Style | Classical Revival |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | EW E.e.315/2 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Workers ; Government buildings |
SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. II, pl. 35 NOTES: In 1809 the Mint re-located from the Tower of London to a new building on Tower Hill, on the former site of the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary of Grace, designed and executed by James Johnson, Surveyor to the Mint 1794-1807, and completed after his death by his successor as Surveyor, Sir Robert Smirke.
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