The Old Hall, Staple Inn, Holborn, London Size:L: 100 x 50cm watched by a large crowd

watched by a large crowd which includes horse and foot guards

The Kaiser's declaration of war against Great Britain being read by the military authorities

The ancient Egyptian obelisk carved in granite and was erected on the bank of the River Thames in 1878

with notes relating to the druids and sketches of cromlechs in Ireland

Villers-Cotterets

The Old Hall, Staple Inn, Holborn, London Size:L: 100 x 50cm watched by a large crowdThe Old Hall, Staple Inn, Holborn, London, c1920s. Staple Inn on High Holborn, one of central London's few surviving Tudor buildings, dates from 1585. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, The second series of British royal and ancient buildings.