View of the Royal Circus, Southwark, 18th century. Equestrian performer Charles Hughes built the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy in St. Georges Fields in 1782. The obelisk was designed by architect Robert Mylne. Copperplate engraving from William Thornton’s New, Complete and Universal History of the City of London, Alexander Hogg, King's Arms, No. 16 Paternoster Row, London, 1784.

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