row one A coffee stall in the shape of a kettle, c1790; the St.Paul's Observatory; the Houses of Parliament 1689

row two the opening of the Great Exhibition 1851; the Wonderful Comet of 1774; Charing Cross in 1841 showing a watercart

row three Bartholemew's Fair 1741; Blanket Fair on the Frozen Thames 1683; houses associated with the Tatler and the Spectator, and the House of the Poet Cowley.

row four The St Petersburg Panorama; The Gluttonous Boy House ornament Pye Corner, Smithfield; May Day 1756; Frost Fairs on the Thames