Astley's Amphitheatre 1808 Blitz Wolfgang Suschitzky photographed the working-class

Wolfgang Suschitzky photographed the working-class community that populated the Charing Cross area at the time

miasmas and malaria

This spectacular procession

Panorama from a series of ten views of London from the South Bank

crowded and noisy place: 'Countrymen

Astley's Amphitheatre 1808 Blitz Wolfgang Suschitzky photographed the working-classInterior of Astley's Amphitheatre at Westminster Bridge Road, as rebuilt in 1803 after one of several fires in its history. Scene showing a performance in progress. A man is balancing on the backs of three horses and the ring master is dressed as a clown. Illustration from Ackermann's 'The Microcosm of London', Vol. I, plate 4, opposite page. 23. Coloured etching and aquatint.