Images Dated 2018 November

The Lions Head at Button's., (1881). Creator: Unknown

The Lion's Head at Button's., (1881). Letter box decorated with a lion's head, at Button's Coffee House on Russell Street, Westminster, London, and used for literary articles in the 18th century. A letter box in the form of a lion's head with open jaws was put up at Button's for the receipt of contributions to The Guardian [newspaper]. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]

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Bridewell as Rebuilt after the Fire, from an old print, (1897). Creator: Unknown

Bridewell as Rebuilt after the Fire, from an old print, (1897). View of Bridewell as it was during the 18th century. Bridewell Palace, on the banks of the Fleet River between Fleet Street and the River Thames, was built as the main London residence of King Henry VIII. Most of the palace was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, and rebuilt in 1666-1667. It was variously an orphanage, place of correction for wayward women, prison, school and a poorhouse. It was closed in 1855. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1897]

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The Figure in Panyer Alley, 1897. Creator: Unknown

The Figure in Panyer Alley, 1897. A stone monument, near St Paul's Cathedral in London, shows a boy seated on an upturned basket (or panyer), with the inscription: When ye have sought the City Round. Yet still this is the highest ground. August the 27 1688'. Measurements taken in the 19th century showed that at that time Panyer Alley fell one foot short of being the City's highest point. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1897]

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