The Protestant's Champion!! mb-artist Robert_Dudley flanked by the river banks

flanked by the river banks

The soldiers can be seen pulling two cannons on the right

it was originally built to house the panorama of London viewed from the top of St Paul's Cathedral

View of Ludgate having just caught fire as a result of the Great Fire of London 1666

In the foreground are a group of people

The Protestant's Champion!! mb-artist Robert_Dudley flanked by the river banks'The Protestant's Champion!!', 1825. Frederick, Duke of York walks down Whitehall past Horse Guards, the head quarters of the commander in chief of the British Army. He raises his top hat in greeting or acknowledgement. Frederick opposed Catholic emancipation and made a speech on the subject in the House of Lords, hence the reference to his championing of Protestantism.