1-158-764 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Scene from Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. Romantic historical novel set in 1665 and 1666 during the Plague of London and the Fire of London. Blaize, grocer Bloundel's porter, testing all the 'patent' cures he has purchased to protect himself from the plague. From Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1855). First edition, London 1841.