Barnes Bridge 1872 Size:medium Asia and Australasia

Asia and Australasia

like great tides

In the far distance

Children running across the school playground towards photographer Henry Grant

In the foreground: York Water Gate with Adelphi Wharves & Royal Terrace beyond

Barnes Bridge 1872 Size:medium Asia and AustralasiaAn 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'.