Horsleydown, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm A convoy of steamships proceeds

A convoy of steamships proceeds up the river watched by crowds in the foreground

led by Sir John Gonson

there are very few women

or wait with luggage

One or the other can be raised to let through a ship while traffic is diverted to the alternative route

Horsleydown, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm A convoy of steamships proceedsHorsleydown, Bermondsey, London, c1850. View of Horsleydown, seen from the shore of the River Thames. At right are warehouses; people work on boats, with some in the foreground who may be mud larking looking for anything washed up by the tide that they might use or sell. Ships can be seen in the distance.