2-703-877 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Middle Block and Senior School at Dulwich College', c1935. View of the boys' public school in south-east London which was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, an Elizabethan actor, with the original intention of providing an education for twelve poor boys. The buildings were designed by Charles Barry Junior and opened in 1870. Dulwich College remains an independent public (fee-paying) school. From "Wonderful London, Volume 2", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]