"The East India House and Rhubarb" by John Leighton

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The East India House and Rhubarb

John Leighton

1847

The Cries of London & Public Edifices, Plate 2

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Rhubarb! — Fine Turkey Rhubarb!

This drug is carried about for sale by Turks, often habited in the costume of their country. They are Turkish , as Mahomedans seldom travel. The mode of fixing his caftan also indicates him to be one ; it is fastened on the left: the Turks make a distinction by adjusting theirs on the right.

The East India House

is situated in Leadenhall Street: it was built in 1726, and afterwards enlarged, in 1798, by Mr. Jupp, who erected the present front, the pediment of which, by Bacon, exhibits an allegory of the [East India] Company, under the protection of George III.: on the apex is a statue of Britannia ; on the right hand is a figure of Asia, and on the left one of Europe. Here is conducted all the official business relating to the Company, which now rules a population of 85,000,000 natives of India, besides 51,000,000 who are directly or indirectly affected by them. It contains a Library and Museum, open to the public, free, on Saturdays.

Bibliography

Limner, Luke. 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