Temporary Exhibition

Portrait of London

Historic Photographs of London & the Borough of Wandsworth

8 March – 12 August 2012, Tuesdays to Sundays 10am-5pm

Wandsworth Museum presents Portrait of London, an exhibition of more than 60 fascinating historic images from both the Museum of London and Wandsworth Museum, never before seen together.

Exhibition highlights include a captivating photo of a suffragette stand at the Women’s Exhibition of 1909 and a view of Trafalgar square from 1857 taken by Roger Fenton, who is regarded as the most popular and influential British photographer of the 1850s.

In addition to the Museum of London’s images, the exhibition also includes an exciting selection of historic photos of the Borough of Wandsworth from Wandsworth Museum’s own collection. These 19th and early 20th century images are drawn from all reaches of the borough: Balham, Battersea, Earlsfield, Putney, Roehampton, Southfields, Tooting and Wandsworth.