The City from Bankside 19th century Size:medium Three men are shown in

Three men are shown in the foreground

A fish porter at Billingsgate in 1893

with theTower on the left

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

observing all and witnessing London life without judgement

The City from Bankside 19th century Size:medium Three men are shown inThe 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