Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 29 1889 H. Merke The panorama is similar to

The panorama is similar to Canaletto's views of London from the same vantage point

piled stacks of timber and jetty for rubbish disposal are also shown in the painting

This is the prime version of the work

In the central foreground are Townshend

Covent Garden in the morning - showing the tavern Tom King's Coffee House in front of St Pauls

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 29 1889 H. Merke The panorama is similar toSection 29 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Northampton Street in the North West; Friendly Street in the North East; the Thames in the South East and New Gravel Lane in the South West. The districts covered are Wapping and Stepney.