Temple Bar, Paviors and Westminster Abbey. The old city gate at Temple Bar 49, Paviors at work with pick and hammer paving the streets with Scottish stone 50 and view of the Gothic pile Westminster Abbey erected by Saxon king Sebert 51. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London, by Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor, published by Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, London, 1828. English sisters Ann and Jane Taylor were prolific Romantic poets and writers of children’s books in the early 19th century.

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