The City from Bankside 19th century Size:medium London bridge railway station

London bridge railway station

observing all and witnessing London life without judgement

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One of 19th-century London's most celebrated balloonists was Charles Green

with theTower on the left

The City from Bankside 19th century Size:medium London bridge railway stationThe City from Bankside. The City riverfront is dominated by St. Paul's Cathedral looming in the background. The sequence of wharves (from left to right) is: Trig Stairs, St. Paul's Wharf, Carron Wharf and Copper Wharf. In the foreground, on the wharf at Bankside, blocks of stone are being prepared for perhaps a bridge or a warehouse under construction in the metropolis. Across the river, the sunlight falls on some newly built warehouses (right of