Covent Garden [ Institutions ]
… ghost of a rotten borough, appearing on the hustings of Covent Garden’, The British Museum, 1948,0214.708, 1807. Image James Gillray, ‘View of the Husting in Covent Garden’, The British Museum, 1851,0901.1222, 1806. Résumé Covent Garden lay at … the capital, Covent Garden, with its eccentric mix of personalities, was a breeding ground for ideas and discussion.’ 6 James Boswell’s descriptions of meeting literary figures, visiting theatres, hearing sermons in the church and sleeping …
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