This cartoon by Gillray was the first appearance in print - so far as is known - of the Bank's Old Lady nickname, The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.
Born from the minds of four schoolmates on a rooftop in London, this restaurant chain grew from a pop-up in a Mayfair boozer to ten branches London-wide, and more to boot around the the world.
What does his time in London tell us? Mark Carney was the ... In his time at the Bank's Threadneedle Street headquarters, he oversaw considerable changes in how the Bank worked.