2-699-040 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Sir Richard Whittington', (1897). According to legend, Dick Whittington (c1350-1423) heard the sound of Bow Bells telling him to return to London and prophesying that he would become Lord Mayor. In fact he served four times as Lord Mayor of London, was a member of parliament and a sheriff of London. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1897]