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Illumination Splendor Across London After King George III Jubilee
Friday April 24 witnessed unmatched London illuminations for HIS MAJESTY's procession. Buildings from the Lords to the Bank of England glowed with lamps, transparencies, and stars, led by Lord Toretoun's grand King’s Arms pyramid and Britannia display. The Bank of England transparency drew highest praise for design and craftsmanship, amid vast citywide brilliance and festive spirit.
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England
George the Thuiip
Lords and Commons
Ordnance Office
Horse Guards
Army Office
Treasury
Admiralty
G. R
St. James’street
Pantheon
Brookes’s
Earl of
Uxbridge
Order of the Garter
Caventiff
Earl of Macclesfield
Lord Toretoun
Britannia
Grerce III. Rex
Apollo
Carlton Hose
Northumberland House
Burlington House
Jambeaux
Duke of Richmond
Joseph Banks
Soho Square
Peace
Lord Stratford
Aylesbury
Falmouth
Simpson Gideon
Hygeia
London
Cruil
Telus
Neptune
Royal Exchange
Ofice
Cornhill
East India House
God Save the King
King’s and Company
London Assurance Office
Phenix
Jews Synagogue
Leadenhall
Bevis Mar&s
South Sea House
Guildhall
G.R
Wiliam Chambers
Bowyer
Doctor Willis
Boydel’s Gallery
Pall Mall
Stackpole
Grovernor-place
Mr. Hoffman
Bishop Setate Street
Mr. Neale
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Holborne