The Metropolis

New gallery alert: The Quadriga at Wellington Arch

Mike Pollitt | Wednesday 9 May, 2012 12:50

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Stonehenge Turner

English Heritage’s Quadriga Gallery opens to the public today. Entry is £4, and includes the chance to walk to the top of Wellington Arch and enjoy what BBC London News last night called “some of the best views of the capital.” A little optimistic, perhaps, seeing as it’s slap bang in the middle of Hyde Park Roundabout.

Make up your own mind by feasting your eyes on a picture of that view here.

The first exhibition is about Stonehenge, and takes in hippies, druggy solstices, and this gorgeous JMW Turner.

British Pathe’s 1948 footage of the arch in use as a police station, complete with a lovely post-war cat, can be watched here.

Painting of Stonehenge by JMW Turner from Wikimedia Commons

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