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unusual facts about Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers



John Baptist Gaspars

The portrait of Charles II in the hall of the Painter-Stainers' Company, and that of the same king in the hall of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, were painted by him.

Pritchard Englefield

Pritchard Englefield was based in the City from the date of its foundation in 1848 by HD Pritchard, primarily at Painters Hall where Mr Pritchard and his partner Mr Englefield became Joint Clerks to the Painter Stainers Company, and finally in Bishopsgate, where the merged firm remains as the London office of Thomas Eggar LLP, although it did spend 21 years in the West End of London (1971-1992).


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