Wit's last stake... Finish:Single Crane at Westminster Bridge

Crane at Westminster Bridge

The interior was destroyed by fire during the blitz and restored in 1960

View looking from St James's Park

View of Buckingham House

passing through a geat circus in which stands the Royal Exchange

Wit's last stake... Finish:Single Crane at Westminster Bridge'Wit's last stake', 1784. Scene in a poor district of Westminster (Peter Street). The Duchess of Devonshire is canvassing a cobbler. She is supported on Charles James Fox's knee. Fox is giving his right hand to a ragged man, to whom Sam House is holding up a tankard. The duchess was a prominent campaigner on Fox's behalf during the general election of 1784. House was a well known innkeeper who was also a committed supporter of Fox.