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William Blake the engraver’s apprentice
The site of the workshop of the engraver James Basire, to whom visionary artist William Blake was apprenticed, 1772-1779
The Golden Boy at Cock Lane
The statue of the Golden Boy marks the spot where the Great Fire of London was finally stopped. It sits at the corner of Cock Lane in Smithfield, so-named because of the many brothels lining the street.