Watercolour on etched outline. 9 by 12 in.
The Monument, designed by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the
Great Fire of London, was finished in 1677. Beyond it is shown the
steeple of the church of St. Magnus, also designed by Wren; beyond
that again, part of the roadway of old London Bridge. After the
removal of the houses on the bridge, its east path was continued along
a passage then formed through the church tower. Fish Street Hill is
a continuation of Gracechurch Street to the south, and was the main
thoroughfare to old London Bridge.
The painting is unsigned and undated: it belongs perhaps to the
beginning of the nineteenth century.
_Lent by Sir E. Coates._