Scene of Thomas Thynne's murder in Pall Mall, Westminster, London, 1682 (c1775) mb-width 3693 Advertisement of about 1850

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A small fire burns in the foreground

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William Pitt holding up the dome of St Paul's Cathedral which he is about to place over the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral

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Scene of Thomas Thynne's murder in Pall Mall, Westminster, London, 1682 (c1775) mb-width 3693 Advertisement of about 1850Scene of Thomas Thynne's murder in Pall Mall, Westminster, London, 1682 (c1775). Scene showing two men on horseback shooting their victim in his carriage. A wealthy landowner and MP for Wiltshire, Thomas Thynne married Lady Elizabeth Percy, daughter of the Earl of Northumberland, in 1681 but was then assassinated the following year by Count Karl Johann von Konigsmark, a rival suitor. Konigsmark was acquitted of the crime, allegedly due to corruption