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An Exact Delineation of the cities of London and Westminster and the suburbs (engraving)

XJF2639696 An Exact Delineation of the cities of London and Westminster and the suburbs (engraving) by Faithorne, William (1616-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1857 copy by Richard Newcourt of the 1658 Faithorne map of London during the Commonwealth, just before the Great Fire, with houses close together and narrow streets.); British, out of copyright

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An Advertisement For Wills Coffee House c.1700, (1944). Creator: Unknown

An Advertisement For Will's Coffee House c.1700, (1944). A trade card advertising Will's Best Coffee Powder at Manwarings Coffee House in Falcon Court over against St Dunstans Church in Fleet Street, (City of London). Men sit talking and drinking coffee at a table, as a waiter pours from a coffee pot. From "The English At Table", by John Hampson. [William Collins, London, 1944]

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Conflagration at Sir C. Price's Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Conflagration at Sir C. Price's Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. The London fire brigade attempting to extinguish a fire ...in the warehouses belonging to Sir Charles Price and Co., oil and colourmen...adjoining Blackfriars-bridge...Now the fears of the inhabitants were raised to a painful pitch, lest there should be an explosion of gas - in which case there must have been fearful devastation...The man who lost his life is known to have been working at the engine that was destroyed; in all probability, he missed his way when he retreated, and, instead of jumping into the river, became fixed against a wooden gate, and was compelled to remain in that situation until the flames came upon him, and burnt him to death. A very small portion of his body was found, which was instantly conveyed to the bone house'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII

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