John Leighton
London Cries & Public Edifices
Published by Good Press, 2022
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EAN 4064066134686
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POTS AND KETTLES TO MEND!—COPPER OR BRASS TO MEND!
THE TOWER OF LONDON;
RHUBARB!—FINE TURKEY RHUBARB!
THE EAST INDIA HOUSE
MATCHES!—BUY A BOX OF MATCHES OF A POOR GIRL!
BANK OF ENGLAND.
ORANGES!—BUY ORANGES AND LEMONS!
ROYAL EXCHANGE.
BUY A CAGE FOR YOUR FINE SINGING-BIRD!
THE MANSION-HOUSE
OLD CHAIRS TO MEND!—RUSH OR CANE BOTTOMS—OLD CHAIRS TO MEND!
THE OLD COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, WARWICK LANE,
CATS’ MEAT!—DOGS’ MEAT!
SMITHFIELD;
ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL,
DUST OH!—DUST OH!
ST. JOHN’S GATE, CLERKENWELL.
PITY THE POOR BLIND!
TEMPLE BAR,
UMBRELLAS TO MEND!—ANY OLD ONES TO SELL!
SOMERSET HOUSE.
CHERRIES, ROUND AND SOUND!—FULL WEIGHT, FOURPENCE A POUND!
COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.
THE COSTARD-MONGER
HEARTHSTONES AND FLANDERS BRICK.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
IMAGES!—BUY IMAGES.
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
BAKED POTATOES, ALL HOT!
CHARING CROSS.
NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE,
BOW POTS! (OR BAY POTS!) TWO A PENNY!
WHITEHALL,
WILD DUCK, RABBIT, OR FOWL!
STRAWBERRIES,
BURLINGTON HOUSE.
MACKAREL!—NEW MACKAREL!
ST. GEORGE’S, HANOVER SQUARE.
BUY A BOX!—BUY A BAND-BOX!
OLD CLOTHES!
ST. JAMES’S PALACE.
MILK BELOW!
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
YOUNG WATER-CRESSES!
LAMBETH PALACE,
KNIVES TO GRIND!—SCISSORS TO GRIND!
BUY A MAT!—BUY A DOOR OR PARLOUR MAT!
NEW HALL, LINCOLN’S INN,
SWEEP!—SOOT OH!
THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL.
MUFFINS!—CRUMPETS!—ALL HOT MUFFINS!
THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
BUY A BROOM!
THE COLOSSEUM.
POTS AND KETTLES TO MEND!—COPPER OR BRASS TO MEND!
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The Tinker is swinging his fire-pot to make it burn, having placed his soldering-iron in it, and is proceeding to some corner or post, there to repair the saucepan he carries.—We commence with the most interesting edifice in our capital,
THE TOWER OF LONDON;
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the fortress, the palace, and prison, in which so many events, connected with the history of our country, have transpired. The building with four towers in the centre is said to have been erected by William the Conqueror, and is the oldest part of the fortress. The small bell-tower in the front of our picture is that of the church of St. Peter’s, (the tower being a parish itself,) on the Tower Green, erected in the reign of Edward I. Our view is taken from Tower Hill, near which was the scaffold on which so many have fallen. To the left of the picture stood the grand storehouse of William III., destroyed by fire, Nov. 1841.
The Regalia is deposited here, and exhibited to the public, as is also the Horse Armoury. The present constable of the Tower is the Duke of Wellington.
RHUBARB!—FINE TURKEY RHUBARB!
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This drug is carried about for sale by Turks, often habited in the costume of their country. They are Turkish Jews, as Mahomedans seldom travel. The mode of fixing his caftan also indicates him to be one; it is fastened on the left: the Turks make a distinction by adjusting theirs on the right.
THE EAST INDIA HOUSE
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