Westminster stairs 1872 Size:extra large Tom & Bob enjoying a

Tom & Bob enjoying a Theatrical treat

It has been suggested that some of the girls could be Reid's daughters

Many of these men would have simply have been passing through the Square but drawn towards the sight of a slight middle aged woman on a political platform

A crowd gathered around an East End stationer and newsagents window where the latest edition of the Illustrated Police News has been displayed

Westminster Bridge showing stone alcoves

Westminster stairs 1872 Size:extra large Tom & Bob enjoying aAn 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?'