Sir Rowland Le Grand Bridgeman Art Library / Leeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery) U.K. / Kenneth Armitage Foundation View of new London Bridge

View of new London Bridge nearing completion

Competitor in the World Gurning Competition held at the Egremont Crab Fair

turns into the station

View of the Sheriffs Court

Sir Rowland Le Grand Bridgeman Art Library / Leeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery) U.K. / Kenneth Armitage Foundation View of new London Bridge'Sir Rowland Le Grand', 1864. Britannia crowns Sir Rowland Hill with a laurel wreath. Sir Rowland founded the present postal system when, in 1840, he suggested that all letters should be prepaid, and introduced the postage stamp. It was his initiative that led to the introduction of the Post Office Savings Bank. In the background can be seen all the people from home and abroad who had benefited from these changes. From Punch, or the London Charivari,