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View of St John's Gate

'Innocence

The Faithful Shepherdess

off Oxford Street

Chinese bridge and pagoda, St James's Park, Westminster, London zoo View of St John's GateChinese bridge and pagoda, St James's Park, Westminster, London, 1814. View of the bridge and pagoda from the canal, St James's Park. The bridge and pagoda wer erected in the park in commemoration of the 'Glorious Peace of 1814'. The pagoda which was illuminated with gas lights, caught fire on the last day of the festival, and collapsed into the lake, killing two men and some swans.

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