Street nameplate mounted on London brick
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The photograph on this page of Street nameplate mounted on London brick by Robin Stott as part of the Geograph project.
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Street nameplate mounted on London brick
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 8 Jun 2012
Surprising survival: a cast metal (probably cast iron) nameplate in an older style. The little quadrants cut out of the corners are somehow in keeping with the style of typeface, a condensed Egyptian: Egyptian and Tuscan faces are characterised by slab serifs.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.533635
Longitude
-0.132041