The City from Bankside 19th century Size:medium looking west

looking west

A fish porter at Billingsgate in 1893

The painting shows the return of the soldiers who fought in the first Indian war of Independence in 1857

has been taken over by a crowd of well meaning voters

Three men are shown in the foreground

The City from Bankside 19th century Size:medium looking westThe City from Bankside. The City riverfront is dominated by St. Paul's Cathedral looming in the background. The sequence of wharves (from left to right) is: Trig Stairs, St. Paul's Wharf, Carron Wharf and Copper Wharf. In the foreground, on the wharf at Bankside, blocks of stone are being prepared for perhaps a bridge or a warehouse under construction in the metropolis. Across the river, the sunlight falls on some newly built warehouses (right of