Promenade in the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square
Promenade in the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London - a place with a reputation for picking up women of easy virtue, but popular nevertheless with the urbane gentleman. Social reformer Laura Ormiston Chant campaigned against the promenade claiming it a mart of vice'. She had it successfully abolished by London County Council in October 1894
Picture No
11801840
Media ID
46073613
Size
4946px x 7078px
(4.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Eckhardt in The Sketch, 31 October 1894
Date
1894
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