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 : A night view of Inveresk House, home of the Great Eight


A night view of Inveresk House, home of the Great Eight

The home of the Illustrated Weeklies - a night view of Inveresk House in the Strand on the corner of Aldwych and facing towards Wellington Street, London. Inveresk House, formerly known as Borthwick House when it held the offices of the Morning Post, became, in 1928, the headquarters of Britain's chief illustrated papers known as the Great Eight, consisting of the Illustrated London News, the Graphic, the Sphere, the Sketch, the Bystander, the Tatler, Eve, and the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. The names of the magazines are lit up down the side of the building

Picture No
10794052
Media ID
46685705
Size
3500px x 4328px (2.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Drawn by G.H. Davis in a supplement to the Illustrated London News, 6th October 1928
Date
1928

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