2-699-188 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Saracen's Head, Snow Hill', (c1872). The demolition of the celebrated tavern and coaching establishment, which stood on the north side of Snow Hill, 'without Newgate' in the City of London. It was demolished to make way for the Holborn Viaduct in 1868. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]