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Lot Essay
In his memoirs Logsdail noted: 'I had always thought that London, of all places in the world, ought to be painted, but it appeared too formidable, too unassailable.... However, I did take courage to try and leave a few records of it.' The present picture is a larger version of one that Logsdail exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1906 (sold in these rooms, 11 June 1993, lot 268, 15¾ x 12 in., dated '21.10.05').
Erected in Trafalgar Square between 1839 and 1843, Nelson's Column was traditionally decorated on Trafalgar Day every year, in commemoration of the victory won by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's British fleet over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805.
Erected in Trafalgar Square between 1839 and 1843, Nelson's Column was traditionally decorated on Trafalgar Day every year, in commemoration of the victory won by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's British fleet over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805.