1-158-861 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Scene from Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. The smith threatening Leonard Holt because he will not obey the Lord Mayor's instructions that all dogs must be killed to prevent the spread of the Plague, and protects Bell, the dog of Mike Macascree the blind piper. From Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1855). First edition, London 1841.