The Alhambra, Leicester Square, Westminster, London Size:Large: 7 x 5in Lord Mayor 1824-25

Lord Mayor 1824-25

On horseback and accompanied by his entourage the King inspects a line of soldiers from the volunteer association

A ragged man offers traps to an old man whilst children examine a rabbit in a wicker cage and a dog snarls at two rats in one of the traps

a large board containing fairy lamps plummets towards the new Lord Mayor

It was converted into a theatre by NW Cundy in 1811-1812

The Alhambra, Leicester Square, Westminster, London Size:Large: 7 x 5in Lord Mayor 1824-25The Alhambra, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, c1858. The building was known as the Royal Panopticon of Science and Art between 1854 1858. It reopened as the Alhambra Circus in 1858.