Bishopsgate, City of London Size:M: 50 x 40cm 400 homes and 20 warehouses

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

following the destruction of the previous building by fire in 1838

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

View of the Bank of England from Cateaton Street

Bishopsgate, City of London Size:M: 50 x 40cm 400 homes and 20 warehousesBishopsgate, 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.