The Great Exhibition India No. 7 1852 Z1014/1(6) This Bankside wharf was the

This Bankside wharf was the site of Southwark Corporation's rubbish depot when George Davison Reid took this photo

George's Church

Situated by the Camberwell branch of the Surrey Canal in South London

Custom House

Moonlight view of Trafalgar Square from the balustrade on north side and looking south-east down Whitehall

The Great Exhibition India No. 7 1852 Z1014/1(6) This Bankside wharf was theThe Great Exhibition: India No. 7, 1852. Chromolithograph. John Tallis' widely read History and Description of the Crystal Palace described India as Britain's pre eminent colonial possession and the source of 'priceless treasures'. However, while acknowledging the value of India to Britain, the author denigrates the 'tributes' sent to the exhibition as 'glittering toys' and examples of 'wasteful and ridiculous excess'. The prejudices expressed in the