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Peelers31st January 1837: Policemen assembling at Bow Street, London. Original Artwork: Engraving from the Penny Magazine (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Carlton Housecirca 1820: The south front of Carlton House on Pall Mall, London, designed by John Nash. Peacocks wander about on the lawn. Original Artwork: Engraving by R Reeve after J Westall, ARA
Neo-Classical VillaThe interior of a palace styled after an ancient Roman villa, circa 1865. Possibly the house of Napoleon III in Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Drury Lane Theatrecirca 1815: The Theatre Royal Drury Lane, designed by architect Benjamin Wyatt, which opened on 10th October 1812. Original Artwork: Engraved by Lacery from an original drawing by Hedgland
Chiswick Housecirca 1800: Chiswick House in London, Middlesex, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. The building was designed by Richard Boyle, the 3rd Earl of Burlington
Christie s1st February 1808: An auction of paintings at Christies auction rooms, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Newgate Execution1st December 1809: An execution in front of the Debtors door at Newgate prison, London. Original Artwork: Engraving by Turnbull (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
St. Giles sCartoon titled St. Giless depicting an elderly women, dressed in clothes in need of repair, a shawl and headscarf, drinking from a small glass while standing at a bar in a public house, London
Court PresentationA large group of dignitaries and their wives wait outside the Ambassadors Entrance to the Queens drawing room at Buckingham Palace, London, August 1868
Trinity HouseA meeting at Trinity House in London, circa 1808. Trinity House is the General Lighthouse Authority for England and Wales. Aquatint by Sutherland after Rowlandson & Pugin
London AsylumDisturbed patients in a London lunatic asylum or psychiatric hospital, 1838. From Sketches in London by James Grant. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Alarmed By ForeignersMr and Mrs John Brown visit the theatre during the Great Exhibition in London, 1851, and are alarmed by the appearance of the many foreigners around them
Sleeping In A HansomExhausted by their visit and unable to find accommodation during the Great Exhibition, London, 1851, Mr and Mrs John Brown spend the night in a taxi cab
Holloway PrisonThe inner gate of Holloway Prison in London, circa 1850. Published in The Criminal Prisons of London, a compilation of articles entitled The Great World of London by Henry Mayhew, pub. 1862
Bartholomew FairCartoon depicting men, women and children among the stalls of the Bartholomew Fair, a street fair and market held to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew, London, England, Great Britain, circa 1800
Wellingtons FuneralThe state funeral procession of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852) passes Wellington Arch (originally called Green Park Arch), at the entrance to Constitution Hill, London
Planned Wellington ArchA drawing by architect Decimus Burton of his planned Wellington Arch and screen, at the entrance to Constitution Hill, London, circa 1825. The arch was built between 1826 and 1830
Dock StrikeA labour leader addresses dockers during the London dock strike of 1889. Painting by Dudley Hardy (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Millbank Prison on the site now occupied by the Tate Britain Art Gallery on the north bank of the Thames in London. Designed by Jeremy Bentham, it was built in 1799 and demolished in 1892
Millbank CellA prisoner making shoes in a single cell at Millbank Prison, Pimlico, London, circa 1860. Prisoners were subjected to solitary confinement under the separate system operated at the prison
Mother And ChildA mother breastfeeding her child, while she smokes a pipe, St Giles, London, circa 1850. Drawing by Paul Gavarni (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
London CabsRows of London taxis parked at Yorkway Motors in the Caledonian Road, London. (Photo by Sydney O Meara/Getty Images)
The Corner Shop; : A London grocers with goods on display outside5th August 1954: A London grocers with goods on display outside. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Above The Trafficcirca 1958: Workmen from the Office of Works perch 70 feet above the ground to clean the horses heads of the quadriga statue on the Wellington Memorial at Londons Hyde Park Corner
Civil Defence Poster4th October 1952: A poster encouraging recruitment to the Civil Defence volunteers, against the background of bomb devastation around St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London
Cannon Street StationJuly 1953: Cannon Street Station, viewed from the River Thames, which is the City terminus of the Southern Region and is also connected to the Underground
Albert Memorial, Kensington Gore1st April 1955: The Prince Albert Memorial in Kensington Gore, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1872 with the sculpture of the Prince made by John Foley
Dorchester Hotel26th May 1953: The Dorchester Hotel in London, being floodlit. The Dorchester is a five-star luxury hotel on Park Lane and Deanery Street, London, to the east of Hyde Park
Union-Castle Liner Rhodesia Castle12th October 1951: The Union-Castle Liner Rhodesia Castle in the King George V Dock in London. RHODESIA CASTLE was built in 1951 by Harland & Wolff in Belfast with a tonnage of 17041grt
County Hall Building, London, Illuminated at NightThe County Hall Building, London, is artificially illuminated at night along the River Thames. The main six storey building was designed by Ralph Knott
Parked Cars Great Pulteney Street in the West End of LondonCars parked on both sides of Great Pulteney Street in the West End of London
Fleet Street, City of LondonFleet Street in the City of London, with St Pauls Cathedral just visible in the background. Fleet Street is a major street in the City of London
Park Crescent Regency TerracePark Crescent, a Regency terrace near Regents Park, London, 19th January 1950. Designed by architect John Nash, construction of the street began in 1812. (Photo by J. A)
Announcing a Coronation PartyChildren studing a poster in Stepney, London, detailing plans for a Coronation party for local blocks of flats. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Getty Images)
Belisha Beacon; Three ladies waiting to cross the road at a zebra crossing in London1956: Three ladies waiting to cross the road at a zebra crossing in London, marked by a Belisha beacon. In the distance can be seen the Duke of Yorks Column in Waterloo Place
London City Council Mobile Immunisation Clinic Bus28th May 1959: London City Council Mobile Immunisation Clinic at Highbury Grove, north London. It is being used for polio vaccinations. (Photo by Derek Berwin/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Composer Conducts8th December 1958: Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) follows the score during a recording session in London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Barred Bathers10th May 1959: Children waiting to go bathing in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
St Benet, Pauls Wharf, London23rd August 1952: A view of St Benet Church, at Pauls Wharf, London. A Welsh Anglican church in the City of London. Since 1556
Windsor Castlecirca 1950: Windsor Castle, set on a hill above the Thames west of London, is the principal residence of the Royal Family. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)
Marble Archcirca 1950: The triumphal arch built by John Nash in 1827, was the entrance to Buckingham Palace until it was removed to the north-east corner of Hyde Park, in 1851
First Festival Lights3rd May 1951: The River Thames is lit up as lights go on in full to mark the opening of the South Bank Festival of Britain Exhibition. (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Getty Images)
Westminster Abbeycirca 1950: The southside of Westminster Abbey, London, artificially illuminated at night. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)
Tower Bridgecirca 1950: Tower Bridge in London in operation with its bascules lifted mid-air. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)
Shaw In The StrandMay 1927: Irish dramatist and social critic George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) walking along the Strand in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Starting Point13th October 1956: The house on the corner of Thistlewaite Road, Clapton, London where Harry Rael-Brook first started his crease-proof shirt business
Artificial Lightning19th January 1951: An artificial lightning generator at Queen Mary College, London. (Photo by Norman Vigars/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Piccadilly Circus26th June 1954: A crowd-free Piccadilly Circus in the centre of London, showing the tube station entrance, the statue of Eros and the Swan and Edgar building