View of the Old Gunpowder Magazine and the Cottage in Hyde Park, London, 1807. During the Napoleonic Wars, the park was used for artillery and military exercises. Copperplate drawn and engraved by James Peller Malcolm from his Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the 18th Century, Longman, Hurst, London, 1808. Malcolm (1767-1815) was an American-English topographer and engraver, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

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