"White Hall — Bow Pots!" by John Leighton

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White Hall — Bow Pots!

John Leighton

1847

The Cries of London & Public Edifices, Plate 14

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Bow Pots! (or Bay Pots!) Two a Penny

They are mostly sold by women, who obtain them from Covent Garden Market or from nurserymen in the suburbs, and are offered to the lovers of nature in the more dense parts of our city. You perceive it is warm weather — a glorious summer's day; the dust flies, and the watering-cart is about to render it more pleasant. We are in

White Hall

So named, from a cross erected there by Edward I., to commemorate his affection for his beloved queen, Eleanor. The cross marked the last resting-place of the body on its way to Westminster : the exact spot is now occupied by the equestrian statue of Charles I. ; it is in bronze, and was executed by Le Soeur, in 1638, for the Earl of Arundel.

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Bibliography

Limner, Luke [John Leighton]. The Cries of London & Public Edifices from Sketches on the Spot. London: Grant & Griffith successors to Newberry and Harris. Corner of St Paul's Church Yard, [1847]. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library. Web. 17 September 2013.

Last modified 18 September 2013