'Boodles' to St James' Palace

Townscape, London street scene; foreground, a road; middleground, early motor cars, a man in the centre of the road reading a newspaper, shops, pedestrians with umbrellas and top hats, a dog, railings and large classical buildings featuring balconies, columned porches, a fleur-de-lys, flag poles, chimneys and a small cupola; background, a large lamp post and St James's Palace with a gateway, turrets, a clock (reading 8 o'clock) and a small cupola. Text on image, the car registration 'XDTOOF' and the property number '20'. Sky and foreground left unworked. Etched in a line of regular width. Light ubiquitous horizontal wiping of the plate