St James's in October... mb-code 42-17306881 A ladies' race fails to

A ladies' race fails to get under way as the female riders cannot stop gossiping

Boats travel along the River Thames whilst some are moored on the south bank of the river

Behind can be seen Lord Derby's crown and

The church was the last part of the complex to be built

St James's in October... mb-code 42-17306881 A ladies' race fails to'St James's in October. The King at Hanover. MDCCL (7 months absent)', 1750. Possibly a satirical criticism of King George II's prolonged absence in his home country. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).