Sotheby's auction house in New Bond Street
Sotheby's auction house in New Bond Street
Record No
141618
Title
Sotheby's auction house in New Bond Street
Description
View looking north-east, showing Sotheby's auction house at 34-35 New Bond Street, Mayfair. Originally an early eighteenth-century terrace house, it was altered in the mid-nineteenth century to become auction rooms. It had previously been used as galleries for the French artist, Gustave Dore, a parfumiers and a hostelry called, "The Black Horse". The cellars were used as stores for paintings when it became an auction house. Sotheby's moved to these new premises in 1917. The three-storey building with attic rooms has a four-window range above a central Gothicised entrance porch, which is obscured by a newspaper kiosk. There are magazines in the kiosk display windows. Above is a gable containing an Egyptian bust of the lion-goddess, Sekhmet, from the eighteenth dynasty c1320 BC. It is Sotheby's unofficial mascot. The porch is flanked by two large arch-shaped entrances with number 34 having ornately carved double wooden doors. There is a cardboard box containing papers adjacent to the kiosk. There is a flagpole visible above the Sotheby's name. The building is Grade II listed; listing number 1266836. There is a partial view of number 36, where a hanging sign is advertising, "William Darby Paintings & Drawings". There is a partial view of number 36, where an Ionic column can be seen next to a recessed ground-floor entrance. There is a BMW car parked in the street.
Date of execution
1975
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_496_75_7665
London picture map location
Exact
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