London as the Duke of Wellington knew it: Museum of London acquires huge panorama from Sotheby’s

A large 19th century panorama of London, completed towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars, has entered the Museum of London’s permanent collection after the institution acquired it at a recent Sotheby’s auction.

The 20ft (6.1m) wide panorama was made c.1815 by the French artist Pierre Prévost (1764-1823). The 3…

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