Sardanapalus. c1856 still life View of Euston Station in

View of Euston Station in Euston Square

Plan showing the demolitions undertaken for Holborn Viaduct over the Fleet Valley

Fores' print shop is in the background

In the right foreground a man stands holding a sign saying 'coaches to all parts of the kingdom' and the street is bustling with the arrival and departure of stage coaches

Sardanapalus. c1856 still life View of Euston Station inSardanapalus. c1856. Legendary king of Assyria. He apparently represents an amalgamation of the characters and tragic fates of three Assyrian rulers and was the last of a line of 30 kings of Assyria, who exceeded all his predecessors in his sybaritic way of life.