The Thames Embankment and Cleopatra's Needle, London Size:XL: 100 x 75cm and walks across a drawbridge

and walks across a drawbridge

and Iubdan

the gumbo-limbo)

showing a procession with waggons going into the Tower of London loaded with the treasure taken from the Spaniards by Baron George Anson following his voyage to the Pacific in 1740-44 and the capture of a Spanish galleon

Mantell is painted at half-length in a black coat and waistcoat with a white shirt and high stock collar

The Thames Embankment and Cleopatra's Needle, London Size:XL: 100 x 75cm and walks across a drawbridgeThe Thames Embankment and Cleopatra's Needle, London, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899).