City, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic center and the primary central business district in the London Region in England, UK

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Two women are fighting in the street as acrowd cheers them on. Etching, 17--.

The water pump in Cornhill designed by Nathaniel Wright. Engraving by S. Rawle, 1800.

The Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London. Oil painting.

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, London: the Gibbs buildings. Oil painting.

King Edward VI, seated on a throne, presenting the Charter of Bridewell Hospital to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London. Engraving by G. Vertue after H. Holbein, 1750.

Edward V and the Duke of York are about to be murdered in their beds by two assassins. Line engraving by A. Birrell after S. Collings, ca. 1790.

The Fleet Prison, London: the courtyard, with prisoners playing racquets while others stand and talk. Wood engraving by Fleming after A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.

A crowd of figures with the heads of animals carry banners and beat drums as they form a procession; representing the City of London Volunteers. Engraving by William Henry Toms after E. Heemskerk.

Protesting licentiates marching to the Royal College of Physicians in 1767. Coloured etching by J. June, 1768.

A City of London barber holding in his left hand three wigs placed on a frame; the first is a two-tailed wig, the second a small 'scratch' wig and the third a style worn by the macaronis. Etching.

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ].

Report, Medical Officer of Health, on rat repression in the City 1920.

Glyn, Mayor. At a Court of Aldermen held on Tuesday the 13th day of February 1759, and in the thirty-second year of the reign of King George the Second of Great-Britain, &c. IT is referred to Thomas Rawlinson, Thomas Chitty, Matthew Blakiston, William Ste

[Bill of mortality].

Report to the Court of Common Council from the Improvement Committee, with Report from William Haywood, Esq., C.E., Engineer to the Commissioners of Sewers, in relation to the traffic of the City.

A list of the brokers of the City of London, At Michaelmas 1795

[The Diseases and casualties this weeke].

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Glyn, Mayor. At a Court of Aldermen held on Tuesday the 13th day of February 1759, and in the thirty-second year of the reign of King George the Second of Great-Britain, &c. IT is referred to Thomas Rawlinson, Thomas Chitty, Matthew Blakiston, William Ste

[Bill of mortality].

Report to the Court of Common Council from the Improvement Committee, with Report from William Haywood, Esq., C.E., Engineer to the Commissioners of Sewers, in relation to the traffic of the City.

A list of the brokers of the City of London, At Michaelmas 1795

[The Diseases and casualties this weeke].

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Glyn, Mayor. At a Court of Aldermen held on Tuesday the 13th day of February 1759, and in the thirty-second year of the reign of King George the Second of Great-Britain, &c. IT is referred to Thomas Rawlinson, Thomas Chitty, Matthew Blakiston, William Ste

[Bill of mortality].

Report to the Court of Common Council from the Improvement Committee, with Report from William Haywood, Esq., C.E., Engineer to the Commissioners of Sewers, in relation to the traffic of the City.

A list of the brokers of the City of London, At Michaelmas 1795

[The Diseases and casualties this weeke].

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