City election candidates of 1812 John Vardy on Borough High Street

on Borough High Street

Two decapitated heads can be seen speaking to each other on the top of Temple Bar

showing the area between Horse Guards and Admiralty on Whitehall

Dukes Place

and the premises of Pitman and Ashfield

City election candidates of 1812 John Vardy on Borough High StreetCity election candidates of 1812. 'A View of the Starting Post and List of the Horses and their Riders who Started for the City Plate October 5th 1812'. Jockeys with the seven candidates for the four City of London seats, represented as horses with human heads. The candidates were: Curtis, Shaw, Combe, Atkins, Waithman, Wood and Hunter, the first four named being returned.