Allen''s Tobacconist Shop, Hart Street, Grosvenor Square, 1841 Frame:White witch-doctors and sex workers

witch-doctors and sex workers

and in their heyday each one employed in the region of 400 staff

who rejected the finery of other mods and the hippies

February 1969

Double-crown playbill printed in brown and blue ink announcing performances of the 'Golden Dustman' and 'Papillonetta' at Sadlers Wells theatre

Allen''s Tobacconist Shop, Hart Street, Grosvenor Square, 1841 Frame:White witch-doctors and sex workersOil painting on canvas in a gilded wooden frame. The artist, Robert Allen, was the proprietor of this tobacconist''s shop at 20 Hart Street, Grosvenor Square. As advertised outside, Allen was also a writer and a sign painter. While the traditional trade signs of the tobacconist surmount the fascia, various posters can be seen outside the shop: a steamer service by the ''William George'' and ''Royal Adelaide'' is advertised as operating between London