2-699-460 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Obelisk in St. George's Circus', (c1878). St George's Circus in Southwark, south London with the obelisk designed by Robert Mylne in his role as surveyor and architect of Blackfriars Bridge. The obelisk, erected in 1771, is one mile distant from Palace Yard, London Bridge and Fleet Street. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]