The Royal Hospital and Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London Finish:Stretched In the foreground is the

In the foreground is the site for the new Ballium Wall

The expense of lawyers

shows a frost fair in the region of Blackfriars Bridge

View east along Holborn

Back view of an Alderman of the City of London in civic costume standing on a hill overlooking some workmen

The Royal Hospital and Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London Finish:Stretched In the foreground is theThe Royal Hospital and Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London, c1800. The Royal Hospital, reflected in the River Thames, with Ranelagh House and the Rotunda, right, and boats on the river. The hospital was designed by Christopher Wren and was built between 1682 and 1692 to house war veterans.