Image: Holland House library after an air raid
Description: Original caption: "HOLLAND HOUSE BADLY BURNED. WS/57. Holland House, Lord Ilchester's historic 17th. Century house, has been damaged during the recent air raids on London. An oil bomb started a fire on one of the towers and a 'Molotoff breadbasket' and a shower of incendiaries fell on the building. Firemen saved the east wing from complete destruction, but the rest of the house is a shell. Holland House, just off Kensington High-street, was London's great Whig salon in the 18th century and the home of Charles James Fox, and also earlier, of Joseph Addison, founder of the Spectator. Photo shows - The famous library containing a number of valuable and historical books was completely wrecked. FOX. OCT. 23rd. 40. [7]"[1] The spectacle of the three men shown inspecting books in the library was likely staged for propaganda purposes.[2]
Title: Holland House library after an air raid
Credit: Published at http://blog.ifistanbul.com/files/2017/01/shadow-world01.jpg Alternative: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-library-at-holland-house-in-kensington-london-news-photo/2635892
Author: Harrison for Fox Photos Limited[1] (collection later acquired by Hulton Archive, subsequently purchased by Getty Images[2]). Image was first released Crown Copyright by Press and Censorship Bureau of en:Ministry of Information (United Kingdom).[2]
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