Amongst the nerves of the world 1930 Frame:black Reconstruction drawing of Londinium looking

Reconstruction drawing of Londinium looking east: 'Roman London c

with boats and barges in foreground

paint-spattered punks and proto-feminists: there have always been artists in London

General view of the park with the north east corner of the Serpentine in the Summer

Amongst the nerves of the world 1930 Frame:black Reconstruction drawing of Londinium lookingC R W Nevinson painted this dynamic image of Fleet Street when it was the centre of the British news industry in the 1920s. Viewed from an upper storey window at the corner of Shoe Lane, it looks east towards Ludgate Hill and St Paul's Cathedral. Nevinson was influenced by the Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni's use of forceful lines and hard edges to convey ideas of conflict, atmosphere and noise. Branded the 'English Futurist' by the press, Nevinson