Sardanapalus. c1856 still life showing docks and sailboats

showing docks and sailboats

In the right foreground a man stands holding a sign saying 'coaches to all parts of the kingdom' and the street is bustling with the arrival and departure of stage coaches

view of the ruins of the castle

Finsbury in 1613 with a description

said to have been occupied by Anne Boleyn's father Sir Thomas Boleyn

Sardanapalus. c1856 still life showing docks and sailboatsSardanapalus. c1856. Legendary king of Assyria. He apparently represents an amalgamation of the characters and tragic fates of three Assyrian rulers and was the last of a line of 30 kings of Assyria, who exceeded all his predecessors in his sybaritic way of life.