Nelson's Column and Trafalgar Square from the terrace of the National Gallery, London Size:XS: 30 x 20cm Guards (from tomorrow) move behind

Guards (from tomorrow) move behind the railings at the instructions of the war office because in recent months the crush of tourists was beginning to harass the men

(1869-1944)

Charles Dickens mentions the private collection of paintings at Stafford House

Wilf McGuiness

Nelson's Column and Trafalgar Square from the terrace of the National Gallery, London Size:XS: 30 x 20cm Guards (from tomorrow) move behindNelson's Column and Trafalgar Square from the terrace of the National Gallery, London, c1930s. The column was designed by William Railton to commemorate Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). The statue of Nelson (1758 1805) was erected on the column in 1843. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, volume IV, The Fleetway House, c1930s.