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'Balmes House in 1750', (c1876). Balmes House, Hoxton rebuilt by Sir George Whitmore, Lord Mayor of London, purchased by Richard de Beauvoir, and later occupied as a private asylum. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)