Insights into London's History through Lovely Paintings

You are welcome to join me for another fascinating online tour, this time exploring various aspects of London's history through some lovely artworks painted over the last 400 years.
The different views of London, held in various galleries and museums in the city, give interesting insights into what it used to look like, the myriad cultures and happenings of the times, and how the city has developed.
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[@osirusgtr]

Amazing! The History of London never fails to Astonish me.

[@suewaller5039]

What a delight spot on again

[@Tob2n]

What an incredible video about the history of London through well known paintings! Really well produced. Well done. Thank you.

[@CamCatC]

Thank you for all the work you put in! This was incredibly informative and entertaining at the same time. Love the backstories.

[@heatherstephens9295]

Absolutely fascinating - thank you so much for all your efforts putting this together for us 👍👍👍

[@simpleravenraven6358]

From where I am, in the rocky mountains of Canada, I get a wonderful view of old England thanks to you. When I was a child in Israel, Britain was still known as great. You bring back that feeling. Thanks.

[@edwardcalcutt3417]

You're welcome :) Nice comment.

[@j0nnyism]

When I visited Israel in the 90s there was considerable antipathy felt towards British people. That always confused me

[@felixdunkel2091]

@@j0nnyism I did not experience that at all.

[@EYDIMUSIC]

This is priceless, thank you.

[@dorinmotz6673]

Wow, Edward Calcutt, you've presented a history of London, far better than any I've read about! Congratulation!

[@cijmo]

Thank you for this! I love London and am always learning about it. The 1960s picture of the ship...my dad worked on the Thames for awhile in the Merchant Navy. I'm sure he'd have you all believe that he was the very last sailor to have worked the Thames in 1960 (legend in his own mind) but by 1960 he was working Pacific Northwest where he met my mother. So the 1960s picture is basically what he would have seen the last time in the late 50s.

[@cozyraindeer]

I wanted to learn a little more about london history and thought Id take a quick look at this. To my own surprise I ended up watching and actually enjoying the whole thing! It was so interesting! wish Id had a history teacher like you in school

[@davidking663]

This was sheer delight. Many thanks.

[@mabdub]

Bravo! This is the kind of presentation I yearned for but never found on British PBS TV shown in North America. It's what I expected from Lucy Worsley but never got. Your presentation makes the journey so damn interesting, riveting actually. It's weird but it seems that all the things you find interesting are exactly the same things which I find interesting. I've become addicted to your presentations, I now crave them. Help! Make more s'il vous plaît.

[@anneg6635]

Thank you so much for your very interesting video and the beautiful paintings illustrating your very detailed descriptions! I love Art, I love History, so this is a favourite for me. Watching this from Brittany, in France.

[@arriesone1]

How horrendous is the difference between Belsize Park then and now. I had a shock when you put up the ‘today’ photo. So many wonderful green spaces in those days…all destroyed, not to mention all the wonderful old buildings that must have existed and now demolished in the name of progress.

[@NickPenlee]

What a lovely and very informative video of London as depicted in art over the years; congratulations.

[@chosenone599]

I loved this! Many thanks for such a great presentation. It’s taught me so much interesting history on London

[@jeffreymorris1752]

Once again, very good work here. I'm only now catching up with these projects of yours so I'll offer a late thank you.

[@ponyrang]

Wow, that's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

[@vicnurse5]

I found your channel completely by accident, however thank you so much. It is wonderful. I live in Australia, been to London in 2008, but need to come back, both maternal and paternal original g g g grandfathers came from Kent, and mum's side from East End London (Jews). I adore English history and seeing places they lived and learning more is fantastic. I am quite excited with this video as the first thing my English friends did was take me to Greenwich, however I didn't get to go to the naval building, so many things to see. Love your channel.

[@edwardcalcutt3417]

Thank you for those interesting comments, and the nice feedback. I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos and history of London! Hoping you get a chance to come back.

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

wonderful. Thank you. It is fascinating to me to see the way things have changed in London. I knew about the frost fairs, but not why the thames froze in those days.

[@andreaandrea6716]

This was wonderful. Seeing all the paintings was sheer delight and your in depth knowledge is just amazing. I am very grateful for these videos you make. Thank you so much! Please don't stop.

[@Atharie_Kuwait]

Magnificent video .. 💞👍

[@philgray7320]

Love watching these historical pieces, I have always been fascinated by London and its history. I was born in Hackney in 1960 and always assumed therefore that I was born in London, but only recently realized that Hackney was not part of "London" officially until 1965...... Although I love everything about the city - I now live as far away from London as you could imagine in NSW, Australia.

[@sarahlouise7163]

fabulous! thank you! i’m sure you could cover more areas of london in the same way. it’s a brilliant idea! using art to tell history. bravo! more! 😆

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

It’s really beautiful where the hospital is looking at …..🌞

[@annemurray3913]

great show, thankyou

[@lisavincent4092]

Thanks for sharing!

[@penelopebellis2926]

Loved this!

[@PoshLifeforME]

Great stuff, worked by Monument in the 80s and 90s so enjoyed looking back, through the lens of deeper history.

[@forestntt72]

Really enjoyed this video. Thank you. I go for a few drinks around London from time to time and am always fascinated by the juxtaposition of new and old and the great place names harking back to centuries ago.

[@TheSpikehere]

A very well put together video. @38:00 Before the building of Westminster Bridge the main crossing point would have just upstream where the horse ferry operated. Pretty much where Lambeth Bridge is now.

[@wcronin7307]

Very interesting! Art and history combined. Was in London a few years ago and even ten days was not enough to explore and visit the many attractions.

[@muskerp]

i like your vids - as i think someone else mentioned, while there was only one bridge for a long time, there would have been lots of ferry crossings up and down the river

[@KaiusKing]

Good presentation! learned a lot

[@penelopebellis2926]

Brilliant

[@janebaker966]

Thank you,that was really good,really enjoyable. I've seen a whole lot of Canalettos pictures of London. I went to an exhibition of them at the Holburne Museum in Bath. Another reason why Sir Christopher Wrens Paris style boulevard plan wasn't put into practice in London was that all the property owners INSISTED on getting their plot of land returned to them even if it was only a few square feet. It wasn't good for rational town planning but I'm glad they got their way as you can still walk around the City of London and just outside and follow the old lanes like Mincing Lane,Shoe Lane and many others and even when you are walking in a canyon of steel and glass to can still get a "feel" of old London particularly if you are attuned to psychogeography.

[@j0nnyism]

The Eliot quote is actually taken from the divine comedy by Dante

[@brianwinters5434]

I have read the noveel about London's history from Roman times.

[@abidhussain3493]

Novel name plz

[@donnaparker8489]

I thought London Bridge was sold to the USA. Am I correct? Thanks. Question just answered ... thanks.

[@TheSpikehere]

He thought that he was buying Tower Bridge.

[@TheSpikehere]

@4:00 London would be so much more attractive if St Paul's was still it's tallest building.

[@Midrac61]

Pudding = offal, not 'poo'. It's still used in 'black pudding', i.e. blood sausage made with blood and intestins.

[@j0nnyism]

Hogarth was the first artist to satirise society

[@stephengraham5099]

A very interesting production, but fewer arches please, not less. (23.31) Sir Christopher Wren built fifty one new churches, not fifty.

[@arriesone1]

Ha ha, thanks for putting up your comment, I was noticing the same grammatical error but didn’t like to say! “Little less arches” (17:52) ….oh dear!

[@mikewilson730]

Shame how the brutalists destroyed London's architectural landscape since WW2

[@metatron-007]

And now look at the state of Philadelphia, it in a bloody mess

[@lchsdc]

Brilliant