Watercolour. 6 by 8 in.
The residence of the Lord Mayor during his term of office. Built
on the site of Stocks Market, from the designs of George Dance the
elder, who was City Surveyor. The first stone was laid in 1739, but
it was not finished until 1753. The top story here depicted, and once
familiarly known to cockneys as “the Mare’s Nest,” was taken down in
1842.
By F. NASH, 1802 (1782-1856).
_Lent by Sir E. Coates._