Queen Square, London
1786
Step back into 1786 London, where Queen Square was a bustling, wide-open thoroughfare rather than the enclosed garden we know today. Edward Dayes captures a lively street scene where well-dressed elites in tricorn hats and bonnets mingle with workers and horses against a backdrop of grand Georgian architecture. Notice the massive brick building on the left—it's the French Chapel, standing tall before the square was fully developed. The sweeping view all the way to the horizon shows just how much the city has grown since the days of early Romanticism, turning a quiet, dusty road into a modern metropolis.
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