Murphy the Dick-tater, alias the weather cock of the walk Czar Alex View showing No 30 Leicester

View showing No 30 Leicester Square

It was replaced in 1821 by a new theatre designed by John Nash

Plate IV of A Rake's Progress

Sultan of Turkey's to the Guildhall

Murphy the Dick-tater, alias the weather cock of the walk Czar Alex View showing No 30 Leicester'Murphy the Dick tater, alias the weather cock of the walk', 1837. A figure with a potato surmounted by a weathervane for head, globe for body, holding bellows and telescope under right arm, umbrella and watering can under left arm, right foot bare, left foot in snow shoe, stands on a pedestal before which are four persons. A reference to the weather predictions of P. Murphy.