The royal arrival at Ascot mb-code 42-36569568 View of Covent Garden showing

View of Covent Garden showing various street sellers including a shoe shiner

Henry VIII granting the charter to the Barber Surgeons

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Surrounding streets as well as landmarks such as St Paul's Cathedral

The royal arrival at Ascot mb-code 42-36569568 View of Covent Garden showingThe royal arrival at Ascot, c1930s. King George V, Queen Mary, and two of their sons, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII), arrive for the horse racing. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his father, George V, (Daily Express Publication, London, 1936).