Moments of pleasure mb-code 2319698 Wych Street

Wych Street

workmen use a winch to lift heavy materials

View of the celebrations surounding the opening of new London Bridge

The Methodist chapel in Lambeth

Moments of pleasure mb-code 2319698 Wych Street'Moments of pleasure', 1820. Queen Caroline, seated on a couch receives the news of the Bill of Pains and Penalties being dropped and Alderman Matthew Wood dances around in front of her. The bill, the purpose of which was to strip Queen Caroline of her title and dissolve her marriage to King George IV, was passed by the House of Lords but was dropped as there was thought to be no prospect of it being passed by the House of Commons.