A crowded coach travelling between Greenwich and Charing Cross, London james macmillan Barrels wait on the wharf

Barrels wait on the wharf

falls from the tilting summit of a breaking pillar which rests on the word 'Adultery'

and only one place'

figures and barrels in the Belle Sauvage Yard

holds up an extinguisher made of paper

A crowded coach travelling between Greenwich and Charing Cross, London james macmillan Barrels wait on the wharfA crowded coach travelling between Greenwich and Charing Cross, London, on the Whitsunday holiday, 1783. A helpless dog is dragged alongside the coach, held on a leash by a woman from within the coach. At the side of the road a man can be seen begging with outstretched hat. In the distance a turnpike gate is visible.