Store Falling into Ocean Size:XL: 100 x 70cm From Cries of London

From Cries of London

In the right foreground a man stands holding a sign saying 'coaches to all parts of the kingdom' and the street is bustling with the arrival and departure of stage coaches

it remained on the site at the corner of Westminster Bridge Road and Kennington Road until 1866

Crossing-sweepers of both sexes and all ages were a common sight on the streets of London as they worked to keep the crossings clean

The irony is that middle and upper-class concerns about the moral failings of the working class tended to focus much more strongly on the dire effects of alcohol than almost anything else during this period

Store Falling into Ocean Size:XL: 100 x 70cm From Cries of London