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"Embracing the Spirit of Exchange: From Medieval Tales to Modern Times" Step into the world of exchange, where stories intertwine and connections are forged

Background imageExchange Collection: Phone Exchange / 1903

Phone Exchange / 1903
The switchboard of the National Telephone Company, United Kingdom

Background imageExchange Collection: Alaskan Potlatch

Alaskan Potlatch
Alaskan natives gather for a POTLATCH - a ritual exchange of hospitality and gifts which often ruins the donors who seek to compete in displays of generosity

Background imageExchange Collection: London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange
An interior view of the busy London Stock Exchange

Background imageExchange Collection: Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens, early 17th century (ink

Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens, early 17th century (ink
1152501 Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens, early 17th century (ink, colour, gold & gold leaf on paper) (see also 1152500) by Kano Naizen (1570-1616) (attr)

Background imageExchange Collection: The Exchange, Bradford (b / w photo)

The Exchange, Bradford (b / w photo)
3631931 The Exchange, Bradford (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Exchange, Bradford)

Background imageExchange Collection: Le Traitede Paix avec Rome (The Peace Treaty with Rome), ca. 1789. Creator: Unknown

Le Traitede Paix avec Rome (The Peace Treaty with Rome), ca. 1789. Creator: Unknown
Le Traite de Paix avec Rome (The Peace Treaty with Rome), ca. 1789

Background imageExchange Collection: Exchange Interior

Exchange Interior
The interior of the Baltic Exchange in London, 3rd May 1920. The exchange is the centre of shipbroking and chartering in the City of London. (Photo by A. R)

Background imageExchange Collection: Royal Exchange 1940S

Royal Exchange 1940S
The third building of its kind erected on the same site, the Royal Exchange (1842-44), was built by Sir William Tite at the junction of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street. Date: late 1940s

Background imageExchange Collection: Kings Lynn Custom Hse

Kings Lynn Custom Hse
The Custom House in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, built in the late 17th century as an exchange, or trading centre for merchants. Date: late 17th century

Background imageExchange Collection: Lady Outside Bookshop

Lady Outside Bookshop
BEAUTY IN SEARCH OF KNOWLEDGE - an elegant lady emerges from a bookshop clutching a volume - or is she about to exchange it at the library ?

Background imageExchange Collection: The British Telephone Exchange In London, 1883. From The Graphic September 1, 1883

The British Telephone Exchange In London, 1883. From The Graphic September 1, 1883

Background imageExchange Collection: Converting a London telephone exchange

Converting a London telephone exchange
Front cover photograph of the stupendous task of converting a London telephone exchange to the new Automatic Principle. Date: October 1926

Background imageExchange Collection: The first authentic stage Tess

The first authentic stage Tess
Photographs of the first production of Thomas Hardys own dramatic version of his novel Tess of the d Urbervilles on 26th November 1924 by the Hardy Players at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester

Background imageExchange Collection: Lionel L. Cohen, Vanity Fair, Lib

Lionel L. Cohen, Vanity Fair, Lib
LIONEL LOUIS COHEN (1832-1887) English financier, politician, and communal worker. Trustee and later manager of the London Stock Exchange. MP for Paddington North

Background imageExchange Collection: Source Size = 2444 x 2928

Source Size = 2444 x 2928
The Corn Exchange, Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Background imageExchange Collection: Source Size = 3892 x 2531

Source Size = 3892 x 2531
Interior of the Sleaford Corn Exchange, Lincolnshire

Background imageExchange Collection: Telephone bureau exchange, 1889

Telephone bureau exchange, 1889
Telephone bureau exchange. 19th-century artwork of woman operating the exchange at a telephone bureau. They are using receivers to listen to incoming calls and using the wires

Background imageExchange Collection: NY STOCK EXCHANGE, 1850. Steel engraving, 1850

NY STOCK EXCHANGE, 1850. Steel engraving, 1850

Background imageExchange Collection: London / Bank

London / Bank
The Bank area, Threadneedle Street, London. The Bank of England is on the left, the Royal Exchange on the right and the Old Stock Exchange is in the centre. Date: late 1960s

Background imageExchange Collection: FINANCIAL CENTER, c1920. Crowd of men involved in curb exchange trading on Broad Street

FINANCIAL CENTER, c1920. Crowd of men involved in curb exchange trading on Broad Street, New York City. Photograph, c1920

Background imageExchange Collection: The One Pound Look by Ricardo Brook

The One Pound Look by Ricardo Brook
Front cover of The Bystander special issue focusing on the fall in the value of the pound during the first half of 1920. Here a rather aristocratic looking gentleman is fashioned out of a pound sign

Background imageExchange Collection: War Memorial outside the Royal Exchange

War Memorial outside the Royal Exchange in the City of London, erected in 1920

Background imageExchange Collection: Traders doing business at the Coal Exchange, London, 1890

Traders doing business at the Coal Exchange, London, 1890
Illustration showing a group of top-hatted traders doing business at the desks of the London Coal Exchange, 1890

Background imageExchange Collection: Royal Exchange, London

Royal Exchange, London
A policeman directs traffic outside the Royal Exchange, which was opened by Queen Victoria in 1844; this is the third built on the site: the first burnt down in 1666

Background imageExchange Collection: New dial operated telephone system

New dial operated telephone system
Series of three photographs showing a new automatic system of telephoning introduced in Britain in 1911. The movement of a dial operated electrical switches and magnets in the telephone exchange

Background imageExchange Collection: Easter egg customs in a Russian village

Easter egg customs in a Russian village
In a Russian village, friends and neighbours exchange eggs and kisses at Easter

Background imageExchange Collection: Stock Exchange Traders

Stock Exchange Traders
Four City traders on the London Stock Exchange compare notes

Background imageExchange Collection: Manchester / Royal Exch

Manchester / Royal Exch
Manchester: Royal Exchange

Background imageExchange Collection: Stock Exchange - Selling

Stock Exchange - Selling
White-faced men shrieked with hoarse voices that they sold - everybody sold !

Background imageExchange Collection: Bradford Town Hall 1870S

Bradford Town Hall 1870S
Bradford Town Hall, opened in 1873 and designed by the architects Lockwood and Mawson. It shows the popular gothic style of the time

Background imageExchange Collection: Royal Exchange (Original

Royal Exchange (Original
Inspired by the bourse at Antwerp, Thomas Gresham built the first Royal Exchange at Cornhill, City of London; it was destroyed in the Fire of London, 1666

Background imageExchange Collection: Cornhill / Exchange / C1750

Cornhill / Exchange / C1750
Cornhill, the Exchange and Lombard Street

Background imageExchange Collection: Love exchange

Love exchange
Art by the Ocean

Background imageExchange Collection: King John V of Portugal travelling to the Spanish border, 1729 (colour litho)

King John V of Portugal travelling to the Spanish border, 1729 (colour litho)
8672933 King John V of Portugal travelling to the Spanish border, 1729 (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageExchange Collection: RIBA Sir William Tite's Prize for 1881, Selected Design (litho)

RIBA Sir William Tite's Prize for 1881, Selected Design (litho)
8667912 RIBA Sir William Tite's Prize for 1881, Selected Design (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: RIBA Sir William Tite's Prize for 1881)

Background imageExchange Collection: The Exchange, Manchester (b/w photo)

The Exchange, Manchester (b/w photo)
8654449 The Exchange, Manchester (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Exchange, Manchester)

Background imageExchange Collection: Early Trading in Egypt (litho)

Early Trading in Egypt (litho)
8660966 Early Trading in Egypt (litho) by Ward, Charles Daniel (1872-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Early Trading in Egypt)

Background imageExchange Collection: Sir John Tenniel cartoon: Snubbed! (engraving)

Sir John Tenniel cartoon: Snubbed! (engraving)
8657285 Sir John Tenniel cartoon: Snubbed! (engraving) by Tenniel, John (1820-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snubbed)

Background imageExchange Collection: Las Vegas cigar box label (chromolitho)

Las Vegas cigar box label (chromolitho)
8677610 Las Vegas cigar box label (chromolitho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Las Vegas cigar box label.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Background imageExchange Collection: Stock exchange broker reading the telescriptor tape of the New York Stock Exchange, years 1880

Stock exchange broker reading the telescriptor tape of the New York Stock Exchange, years 1880
NWI4827603 Stock exchange broker reading the telescriptor tape of the New York Stock Exchange, years 1880. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Background imageExchange Collection: France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44), Nantes: The port of Nantes with the stock

France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44), Nantes: The port of Nantes with the stock exchange and a bridge, 1862
LUX4818025 France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44), Nantes: The port of Nantes with the stock exchange and a bridge, 1862; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44)

Background imageExchange Collection: United States, State of Pennsylvania: Stock Exchange, omnibus depot and part of Dock Street

United States, State of Pennsylvania: Stock Exchange, omnibus depot and part of Dock Street, Philadelphia, 1850 years
NWI4967164 United States, State of Pennsylvania: Stock Exchange, omnibus depot and part of Dock Street, Philadelphia, 1850 years

Background imageExchange Collection: View of the Place de la Bourse in Paris with the Palais Brongniart (Paris stock exchange) - ca

View of the Place de la Bourse in Paris with the Palais Brongniart (Paris stock exchange) - ca. 1910 Postcard
ELD4950084 View of the Place de la Bourse in Paris with the Palais Brongniart (Paris stock exchange) - ca. 1910 Postcard; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageExchange Collection: The speculative bubble at the time of the Law system, 19th century (engraving)

The speculative bubble at the time of the Law system, 19th century (engraving)
ELD4920303 The speculative bubble at the time of the Law system, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Economic system: the speculative bubble at the time of the Law system)

Background imageExchange Collection: The Paris Stock Exchange located in the Gallery Virginie at the Palais-Royal between 1807 and 1816

The Paris Stock Exchange located in the Gallery Virginie at the Palais-Royal between 1807 and 1816
ELD4890887 The Paris Stock Exchange located in the Gallery Virginie at the Palais-Royal between 1807 and 1816. 19th century

Background imageExchange Collection: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Saint Jean district, Place du Change

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Saint Jean district, Place du Change, La Loge du Change (Temple of Change), 1904
LUX4793547 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Saint Jean district, Place du Change, La Loge du Change (Temple of Change), 1904; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69)

Background imageExchange Collection: France, Aquitaine, Gironde (33), Bordeaux: La Place de la Bourse et la rade de Bordeaux

France, Aquitaine, Gironde (33), Bordeaux: La Place de la Bourse et la rade de Bordeaux
LUX4705056 France, Aquitaine, Gironde (33), Bordeaux: La Place de la Bourse et la rade de Bordeaux, 1885 - Prints article de dessin widows bisserieurs; (add.info.: France, Aquitaine, Gironde (33)

Background imageExchange Collection: Nest which the Never-Bird said she'd exchange for a boat (colour litho)

Nest which the Never-Bird said she'd exchange for a boat (colour litho)
3642230 Nest which the Never-Bird said she'd exchange for a boat (colour litho) by White, Flora (1878-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)



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"Embracing the Spirit of Exchange: From Medieval Tales to Modern Times" Step into the world of exchange, where stories intertwine and connections are forged. In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, " William McLaren's vivid illustrations bring this timeless tale to life, showcasing a knight's journey through challenges and exchanges that test his honor. Meanwhile, at the London Stock Exchange, stock jobbers passionately pitch their trades in pursuit of financial success. The bustling atmosphere reflects the ever-changing nature of commerce, as individuals engage in an intricate dance of buying and selling. Recruitment posters for the Women's Army Corps (WaC) and Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) depict brave women stepping forward to serve their country during wartime. These images capture a different kind - one where sacrifice is made for a greater cause. The iconic photograph capturing the Christmas Truce reminds us that even amidst conflict, humanity can prevail. Soldiers from opposing sides exchanged greetings and gifts on that fateful day, reminding us all of our shared humanity. From business cards advertising wig makers like William Johnson to historic football matches at Plough Lane in Wimbledon, London has long been a hub for cultural exchanges. Whether it be through sports or fashion choices, these interactions shape our society today. During World War I, women joined forces in the Land Army - exchanging traditional gender roles for work on farms. Their dedication helped secure food supplies while challenging societal norms. Market reports highlight another form - one between English country squires carving beef with precision. This tradition showcases not only culinary expertise but also camaraderie among peers. In George Studdy's artwork titled "Fair Exchange, " we witness an adorable dog offering its bone to another animal as a symbol of friendship without expecting anything in return. It serves as a reminder that true exchange goes beyond material gains; it encompasses kindness and compassion too. Finally, LLOYD'S OF LONDON stands tall as a symbol of the insurance industry's rich history.