Westminster stairs 1872 Frame:gold the river appeared much narrower

the river appeared much narrower

The districts covered are London Fields

organisations or venues that have sometimes been forgotten or overlooked

the Port of London was the busiest in the world

Measures 8cm x 13

Westminster stairs 1872 Frame:gold the river appeared much narrowerAn illustration of steam boats, full of Boat Race spectators, at Westminster Stairs, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor, 1872. Jerrold questions: 'Is it possible that this tremendous rush along both banks of the river; this block of a dozen bridges, this unbroken water procession and these moving steamers massed to the funnels with humanity can all be provoked by a single contention among a score of University students?'