Leopold’s View of London poetry The latter invites himself on

The latter invites himself on the writer's journey

and had been captured by the French in 1647

light toning where previously mounted and framed

A miniature map of Salzburg and Carinthia

Leopold’s View of London poetry The latter invites himself onThis is a view showing London before the Great Fire, from the South Bank of the Thames, including London Bridge and old St Pauls. Principal buildings are numbered, corresponding to a key on banners carried by putti in the upper corners of the image, on either side of a central banderole. It is not a view of London which would have been familiar to contemporary Londoners. Leopold was active in the first two decades of the 18th century, the figures in