"St. James' Palace — Old Clothes!" by John Leighton

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St. James' Palace — Old Clothes!

John Leighton

1847

The Cries of London & Public Edifices, Plate 16

The printed titles on the facing page differ slightly from those that appear on the plate.

See below for Leighton's text.

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Buy a Box! — Buy a Band-Box!

These useful articles are mostly the manufacture of the persons who carry them about for sale : they are of all shapes and sizes — cap-boxes, bonnet-boxes, clothes-boxes, &c.

Old Cloths!

"Clo! Clo!!" This is the abbreviated cry of the old clothesman, when going his rounds. The trade is mostly conducted by å, who take the morning purchases to Rosemary Lane, (commonly called Rag Fair,) near Tower Hill, where they dispose of them to dealers, who patch, mend, and sell again to the public. Our Jew, judging from his beard and band round his waist, is some dignitary of the synagogue; he has just made a purchase of an old court suit at

St. James' Palace

It is a plain brick building, and was erected by Henry VIII. in 1551. Queen Anne was the first to hold her court here, since which time it has been uniformly used for that purpose. Here is the Chapel Royal, in which our present Queen was married to Prince Albert: it is used only for purposes of state. King Charles I. passed the last eleven days of his life here, during his trial. A great portion of the south-eastern corner was destroyed by fire, in 1809.

Related Material

St. James's Palace (Victorian photograph)

Bibliography

Limner, Luke [John Leighton]. 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.

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