New London Art Guide

There are innumerable guides to London describing museums and buildings and listing their contents in detail, often without impressing on the reader the objects of outstanding interest.

For the majority of visitors, who have only a few days to spend in London, it is difficult and time consuming to have to choose from this mass of material and works of art what should be seen, but a new booklet just produced jointly by BOAC and SOTHEBY’S of London is an attempt to provide a highly selective guide which may add to the reader’s pleasure and understanding.

The booklet contains descriptions of 29 superlative works of art chosen from museums and other places in central London within a three mile radius of Trafalgar Square. The objects are not necessarily the most important in their particular category but they are all of the finest quality and many have fascinating histories.

Sotheby’s, founded more than 238 years ago, is both the oldest existing firm of auctioneers and the largest in the world.

At their London rooms in Bond Street, auctions of every con ceivable type of work of art take place every weekday except in August and September. Everyone is welcome to attend, whether as buyer or spectator.

If you are unable to obtain a copy of this interesting book let from your travel agent, a copy may be had on request from BOAC, Box 1361, Suva, Fiji.