| Description | Photographic view of the ceremonial presentation of addresses to the King of Italy at Oxford Circus, November 1903. The streets are decorated with garlands, and crowded with soldiers and spectators. The caption reads: The municipalities which lie outside the City of London signalised the passage of King Victor Emmanuel through their boundaries with a courteous reminder that the City is not the whole of London. At Oxford Circus, the Mayors of Marylebone, Paddington, and Holborn presented addresses, which the Sovereign graciously acknowledged'. Extract from a contemporary periodical. |