Chinese bridge and pagoda, St James's Park, Westminster, London mb-artistname Ingrey and Madeley depicted on the the morning

depicted on the the morning of September 19th 1815

c1815 from an earlier print dated 1663

Originally built as a hospital for retired sailors

formerly part of Greyfriars Monastery

at the Artillery Ground

Chinese bridge and pagoda, St James's Park, Westminster, London mb-artistname Ingrey and Madeley depicted on the the morningChinese bridge and pagoda, St James's Park, Westminster, London, 1814. View of the bridge and pagoda from the canal, St James's Park. The bridge and pagoda wer erected in the park in commemoration of the 'Glorious Peace of 1814'. The pagoda which was illuminated with gas lights, caught fire on the last day of the festival, and collapsed into the lake, killing two men and some swans.