The burial of John Wesley's mother in Bunhill Fields, Finsbury, London Size:XS: 20 x 15cm A cart fords Hackney Brook

A cart fords Hackney Brook which crosses Mare Street

With the River Thames in the distance on the right

Brixton Prison was opened in 1820

'New Elegy'

south east view of Kensington Palace from the gardens

The burial of John Wesley's mother in Bunhill Fields, Finsbury, London Size:XS: 20 x 15cm A cart fords Hackney BrookThe burial of John Wesley's mother in Bunhill Fields, Finsbury, London, 1866. The pastor, dressed in white, leads the burial service. The mourners, dressed in black, surround him. Women weep into handkerchiefs, and curious boys look into the open grave into which a man sprinkles earth from a spade he holds. Wesley's mother, Susannah, was buried in 1742.