Assassination attempt on King George III student With a woman and washing

With a woman and washing line in the foreground

More usually known as the Standard Theatre

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it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s

Assassination attempt on King George III student With a woman and washingScene depicting the attempt made by Margaret Nicholson to assassinate King George III at the entrance to St James's Palace, London, on August 2, 1786; showing the assassin approaching the King, holding a knife in her hand, Yeomen of the Guard rush forward. The King was unharmed and the woman was discovered to be insane and sent to Old Bethlehem Hospital.