View of New River Head, Finsbury, London Finish:10-pack Also showing a shop sign

Also showing a shop sign for Harrison's pawnbrokers with an advertising poster opposite

showing men studying the Gazette Extraordinary while others appear to be taking notes from a blackboard

and fireplace

The Royal Hospital and its formal gardens seen from the River Thames with sailing boats and rowing boats

The church of St John-at-Hackney is visible in the distance

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London Finish:10-pack Also showing a shop signView of New River Head, Finsbury, London, c1753; with figures. Completed in 1713, this was a massive engineering project to improve London's water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away and bringing it to large cisterns at Finsbury. From there it was delivered to the city in pipes made from hollowed elm trunks.