One of the earliest pictures of London taken in the 1850's it shows Charles the first on horseback looking down Whitehall (he's still there today!). It's interesting because this very street was the scene of his execution in 1649, his head was removed on a platform in front of the Banqueting House, part of the old Whitehall palace. A slight whiff of schadenfreude involved in placing it at this spot perhaps?
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