Workers on the Silent Highway c. 1878 Size:small Whitehall looking North from Parliament

Whitehall looking North from Parliament Square and with statue of Palmerston in the foreground

Vauxhall Gardens poster

horns and spices

illustrated by prints with descriptions

This view shows the entrance to the Brewery in Park Street with the office block at the rear of the yard

Workers on the Silent Highway c. 1878 Size:small Whitehall looking North from ParliamentTwo men aboard a Thames sailing barge in mid river. The image is taken from a series of 37 photographs published in the book, 'Street Life in London' (1877), with text written by John Thomson and the journalist Adolphe Smith. After taking photographs in the Far East, Thomson opened a portrait studio in London in 1875. Two years later he collaborated with the journalist, Adolphe Smith, to produce 'Street Life in London'. The book was conceived as a