Astley's Amphitheatre 1808

Astley's Amphitheatre 1808Interior 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.

It features a Pear's Soap advertisement and a Hansom cab in is visible in the background

Of all the factories that lined the docks

'POOR & COMFORTABLE (MIXED)' by purple

There were six main warehouses which handled valuable goods such as ivory

is Cannon Street Station (completed in 1866)

Bevan met French post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin while working in Brittany

Aldwych Underground is on the right

Mr Acchum Professor of Chemistry lecturing at the Surrey Institution

View of alleyway with houses of Parliament in the background

From left to right the women are Theresa Garnett

Crawley Road in the South East and Fremont Street in the South West

Alaunia was the first ship to use the lengthened Western Dry Dock in 1914