Part of a Roman wall near Falcon Square

This watercolour depicts a bastion on a section of the Roman wall in the City of London near Falcon Square, EC2. It is based on a drawing by John Thomas Smith who illustrated a large amount of sites for the 'Antiquities of London' book.

Very little is known about James Lawson Stewart who exhibited watercolours in various London galleries between 1883-1889. He died in c. 1918 and towards the end of life was employed to copy prints of London; the accuracy of some of the locations should therefore be questioned.

The Museum was gifted a large selection of watercolours featuring locations which appeared in Dickens's works in 1934 and a set of cigarette cards was issued by R and J Hill Ltd in 1926 and 1934 entitled Historic Places from Dickens Classics which featured watercolours by Stewart.