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Bartholomew Close

A street seller with a pot or basket balanced on her head

showing figures and traffic on the street

with vessels on the water

The Protestant's Champion!! Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Bartholomew Close'The Protestant's Champion!!', 1825. Frederick, Duke of York walks down Whitehall past Horse Guards, the head quarters of the commander in chief of the British Army. He raises his top hat in greeting or acknowledgement. Frederick opposed Catholic emancipation and made a speech on the subject in the House of Lords, hence the reference to his championing of Protestantism.

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