486. Sir Thomas Gresham's gilded grasshopper in Lombard Street, London,
Wikipedia: A symbolic use of the grasshopper is Sir Thomas Gresham's gilded grasshopper in Lombard Street, London, dating from 1563. The building was for a while the headquarters of the Guardian Royal Exchange, but the company declined to use the symbol for fear of confusion with the locust.
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486. Sir Thomas Gresham's gilded grasshopper in Lombard Street, London,
Wikipedia: A symbolic use of the grasshopper is Sir Thomas Gresham's gilded grasshopper in Lombard Street, London, dating from 1563. The building was for a while the headquarters of the Guardian Royal Exchange, but the company declined to use the symbol for fear of confusion with the locust.
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Uploaded on May 2, 2023
Taken on June 15, 2022