A View of the London Docks 1808 Frame:none The huge popularity of Charles

The huge popularity of Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist inspired playwrights to immediately adapt the book for the stage

The Tower of London and the River Thames

or upon bare boards

hand-rendered and airbrushed charts

Engraving from the book 'The Works of William Hogarth' published in 1822

A View of the London Docks 1808 Frame:none The huge popularity of CharlesA coloured aquatint print of the the five massive warehouses of the western dock which were designed by the Dock Company's surveyor, Daniel Asher Alexander. They line the quay at the centre of the image, to the right lies the Wapping Entrance Lock with the River Thames beyond. Left of the dock stands Hawksmoor's St George in the East. In the far distance, the West India Docks can be glimpsed on the Isle of Dogs, and beyond, the mast house of the East