View of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:S: 36 x 28cm Well-to-do people - the men

Well-to-do people - the men in top hats - watch a military band

London in 1780 during the Gordon Riots

Aerial view of Howland Great Dock

showing passengers in omnibuses outside Mansion House and the Bank of England

'The Letter'

View of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:S: 36 x 28cm Well-to-do people - the menView of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene as it appeared on the morning of Monday June 24th, after burning for two days and nights. The fire is still blazing fiercely on the warehouse on the left, while of those to the right only the burnt out walls remain. The sky is filled with black smoke, and the moon appears from behind a cloud. Jets of water from firefighting teams are visible at left and right. The River Thames in the