Bishopsgate, City of London Size:M: 50 x 40cm A donkey eats a lettuce

A donkey eats a lettuce whilst two urchins offer leaves to the horse

with fishing vessels grounded on the shore and figures

For some years this was the residence of William Hogarth and was one of the few houses that escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666

400 homes and 20 warehouses were destroyed and around 1000 people were left homeless

Bishopsgate, City of London Size:M: 50 x 40cm A donkey eats a lettuceBishopsgate, City of London, 1862. Exterior view of no 112 Bishopsgate showing the premises of Messrs Yerbury & Co foreign cigar and snuff warehouse with figures standing outside. On the extreme left the corner of the old South Sea House can just be seen. The building to the left of Yerbury's is the Flower Pot public house.