Sir Rowland Le Grand mb-code 2357709 View of Borough High Street

View of Borough High Street and the corner of London Bridge

The driver wears a beret and the passenger has a pair of goggles on top of his head

showing part of Regent Street and Langham Place

Original is oil on canvas 51 x 40

Map of the City of London surrounded by descriptive text

Sir Rowland Le Grand mb-code 2357709 View of Borough High Street'Sir Rowland Le Grand', 1864. Britannia crowns Sir Rowland Hill with a laurel wreath. Sir Rowland founded the present postal system when, in 1840, he suggested that all letters should be prepaid, and introduced the postage stamp. It was his initiative that led to the introduction of the Post Office Savings Bank. In the background can be seen all the people from home and abroad who had benefited from these changes. From Punch, or the London Charivari,