A photographer takes a picture through the railings at Admiralty Arch 1953 Victorians Edwardians Gloucester Street in the South

Gloucester Street in the South East and Primrose Hill in the South West

Robert Bevan was inspired to draw and paint his immediate surroundings

This drawing shows customers in the Atlantic pub on the corner of Brixton's Atlantic Road and Coldharbour Lane

His output is mainly architectural and usually devoid of figures

A former customer recalled 'the white man who owned the pub would break your glass after you had finished using it'

A photographer takes a picture through the railings at Admiralty Arch 1953 Victorians Edwardians Gloucester Street in the SouthThis image shows a photographer taking a picture through the railings at Admiralty Arch the day before the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1st June 1953.