Westminster stairs 1872 Frame:gold Here they could be sorted

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the river appeared much narrower

The artist has given the congregation rather stereotypical features

Rocque maintained close ties with the French Protestant community in London throughout his life

Westminster stairs 1872 Frame:gold Here they could be sortedAn illustration of steam boats, full of Boat Race spectators, at Westminster Stairs, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor, 1872. Jerrold questions: 'Is it possible that this tremendous rush along both banks of the river; this block of a dozen bridges, this unbroken water procession and these moving steamers massed to the funnels with humanity can all be provoked by a single contention among a score of University students?'