Sigismund Goetze
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Sigismund Christian Hubert Goetze was an English painter and philanthropist, born in London.
Britannia pacificatrix, one of a series of murals that hang on the first floor at the top the grand staircase in the Foreign Office. The series of murals depict the "origin, education, development, expansion and triumph of the British Empire, leading up to the Covenant of the League of Nations". It took Goetze seven years to complete the murals and he painted them at his own expense throughout the First World War. They were presented to the Foreign Office in 1921.
Triton and Dryads, a fountain in Regent's Park commissioned by Goetze and eventually dedicated as a memorial to him
Royal Exchange, London
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The Royal Exchange in London was founded in the 16th century by the merchant Sir Thomas Gresham on the suggestion of his factor Richard Clough to act as a centre of commerce for the City of London. The site was provided by the City of London Corporation and the Worshipful Company of Mercers, who still jointly own the freehold. The original foundation was ceremonially opened by Queen Elizabeth I who granted it its "royal" title. The current neoclassical building has a trapezoidal floor plan and is flanked by Cornhill and Threadneedle Street, which converge at Bank junction in the heart of the city. It lies in the Ward of Cornhill.
The west façade of the Royal Exchange from the Bank junction
The original Royal Exchange in an engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar
The second Royal Exchange by Alain Manesson Mallet in 1683
The Royal Exchange from Corn Hill by Thomas Bowles in 1781