Vauxhall Gardens poster 1858 Frame:natural Theatre Programme for Gatti's Palace

Theatre Programme for Gatti's Palace of Varieties

Nelson's Column with Lyons' Strand Corner House on the left

The book is not a chronological history

Street scene at Covent Garden with underground Station and horse and cart in the background

Battersea Bridge - Misty Moonlight

Vauxhall Gardens poster 1858 Frame:natural Theatre Programme for Gatti's PalaceVauxhall Gardens poster, A Balloon Ascent. Balloon ascents were regular attractions at London's pleasure gardens. One of 19th century London's most celebrated balloonists was Charles Green. On 19 July 1821, he ascended in honour of George IV's coronation. He wrote: 'on looking down at the vast assemblage of persons in Westminster, the delight I felt is out of my power to describe. The view presented one entire living mass of more than a million of