Inscription in Latin by Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1587 (1803) Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Set within a circular composition

Set within a circular composition

'A View of the New Hungerford Market'

'Passing events

Gog and Magog are the traditional guardians of the City of London

Inscription in Latin by Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1587 (1803) Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Set within a circular compositionInscription in Latin by Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1587 (1803). Copied from the wall of the Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London. Howard (1557 1595) became Catholic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He spent ten years in the Tower of London, although charges of high treason were never proved. He asked the Queen, as he lay dying of dysentery, to allow him to see his wife, and his baby son who had never seen. The Queen told him that if he would