2-714-940 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The "Upper Flask", about 1800', (c1876). A tavern near the top of Hampstead hill which in 18th century sold flasks of water from Hampstead spa. It ceased business in 1750s and became a private residence bought by George Steevens in 1771, he lived there until his death in 1800. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]