Allen''s Tobacconist Shop, Hart Street, Grosvenor Square, 1841 fashion and jewellery Barry Fantoni grew up in

Barry Fantoni grew up in south east London and attended Camberwell Art School

The Telegraph building was the most prominent in Fleet Street until it was upstaged by the black glass Daily Express building in 1932

a new coal handling plant and jetty were built at Nine Elms to expand the works

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Allen''s Tobacconist Shop, Hart Street, Grosvenor Square, 1841 fashion and jewellery Barry Fantoni grew up inOil 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