King William Street, City of London

This drawing shows the statue of William IV as it appeared when on its original site in King William Street, at the City end of New London Bridge. William and Adelaide had opened the bridge on 1 August 1831. The sculptor responsible for the statue was Samuel Nixon, and the City Engineer, Richard Kelsey, took the credit for erecting it. In 1935 it was removed to Greenwich and re-erected at the north gate to Greenwich Park, on the site of St. Mary's Church which had just been demolished. There is a large lithographic version of this image, engraved by L. Sebers and printed by M. & N. Hanhart, in the Guildhall Library.