Barnes Bridge 1872 84.166 a crate turned on its

a crate turned on its side and a stand for the customer's foot

This poster

running from Cheapside

offered Jerrold and Doré the vast sum of £10

Theatre Programme for Gatti's Palace of Varieties

Barnes Bridge 1872 84.166 a crate turned on itsAn illustration of Barnes Bridge on Boat Race day, 6th April 1870, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor, 1872. People have climbed along the supports underneath Barnes Bridge in order to get a better view of the race. Other people are sitting or standing in temporary stands which Jerrold describes as 'animated lines of rough hewn stands thrown up as speculations'.