View of the south front of York Watergate, Buckingham Street, Westminster, London mb-code 1239626 showing EH Robinson's opticians and

showing EH Robinson's opticians and the premises of Cassidy and Wells

shows King George III and Queen Charlotte in a coach on their way to a thanksgiving service for the King's recovery from a severe illness

which he no doubt used to catch the rats

New potato seller pushing a barrow full of potatoes outside Middlesex Hospital in Marylebone

View of the south front of York Watergate, Buckingham Street, Westminster, London mb-code 1239626 showing EH Robinson's opticians andView of the south front of York Watergate, Buckingham Street, Westminster, London, 1887. Built in 1626, this watergate gave access to the Thames from York House, a mansion on the Strand. The building of the Thames Embankment in the 1860s left it 150 yards from the river, in Embankment Gardens.