Fire drill in St Petersburg Finish:Stretched Billy Jennings

Billy Jennings

Lancelot Andrews (1555-1626) was the last Bishop of Winchester to live at Winchester House in Southwark

A flounder seller

3rd August 1946

Fire drill in St Petersburg Finish:Stretched Billy JenningsScene showing Russian firemen jumping from high ladders to be caught in a canvas break. Inscribed below: 'delt. by Gauci Junr.. Printed by N. Chater & Co. 33 Fleet St. Vol. 1 Page 123.' Plate 2 from Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland by James Holman vol. 1 (London, 1825). The accompanying text describes the scene: 'In order to make the firemen more expert in their assistance to the unfortunate inmates of the burning house, they are regularly