Sawney Stops The Way Finish:Stretched Re-opening of St Paul's Cathedral

Re-opening of St Paul's Cathedral

the other with two bugles

Found in the collection of the Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut

Kennet Wharf

Sawney Stops The Way Finish:Stretched Re-opening of St Paul's Cathedral'Sawney Stops The Way', 1862. A Bill was presented to parliament which would give the Metropolitan Board of Works the authority to embank the River Thames from Westminster to Blackfriars. John Bull here is the coachman driving his carriage along the rocky embankment. In his way is the Duke of Buccleugh, opposing the passage of the carriage as he was opposing the passage of the Bill. Nonetheless, the Thames Embankment Bill received the Royal Assent in