A Peep at the Gas Lights in Pall-Mall
Thomas Rowlandson British
After George Murgatroyd Woodward British
Publisher Thomas Tegg British
Not on view
Men and women here walk along Pall Mall, amazed at the sight of a new type of lighting. In 1802 coal gas began to be used to light shops and factories. In 1807, a German called Winsor raised £50,000 to brighten Pall Mall in a speculation that failed. Triple flames, called cockspur lights, are seen here flickering infront of an elegant screen of columns that Nash built for the Prince Regent.