Western entrance to Exeter Change, Westminster, London, 1829 Size:S: 40 x 40cm Thames Street Fire

Thames Street Fire

Cleopatra's Needle and Waterloo Bridge can be seen in the background

In the foreground stone masons can be seen on the right with a horse and cart in the centre and a sedan chair on the left

Consumption of cheap spirits by the poor had soared in the early eighteenth century

View of Covent Garden Market with fruit and vegetable stalls in the piazza and an apple seller seated beneath a lamppost in the foreground

Western entrance to Exeter Change, Westminster, London, 1829 Size:S: 40 x 40cm Thames Street FireWestern entrance to Exeter Change, Westminster, London, 1829. View with an advertisment for billiard rooms outside.