View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London mb-height 3256 A monkey with Alderman Matthew

A monkey with Alderman Matthew Wood's head squats beside a plump cat with the head of Queen Caroline

The scene shows traffic just released by the police after having been stopped owing to the raising of Tower Bridge

Two children buy from a cherry seller who stands with her barrow and a set of scales

Interior south-west view of the Church of St Helen

with various water vessels on the River Thames in the foreground

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London mb-height 3256 A monkey with Alderman MatthewView of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814. Depicts one of a series of naval battle re enactments which took place in Hyde Park as part of the peace celebrations of 1814.