Great Wall of China mb-height 3698 Many inscriptions left by prisoners

Many inscriptions left by prisoners in the Tower survive

the left elbow leaning against a table to the sitter's left

The original Palace of Westminster was devastated by a fire in 1834

Lisa Kay says goodbye to Pip her pet white duck

Great Wall of China mb-height 3698 Many inscriptions left by prisonersA section and gate of the Great Wall of China. Three figures on horseback; an elephant with two minders and a horse drinking from a stream are seen in the foreground. Inscribed above: 'A parcell of the long WALL of CHINA by which its whole Fabrick is expressed.' Plate from the book An embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669). John Nieuhoff (1618 1672),