View of part of Tower Bridge from the River Thames, London mb-code 1239337 A baking pear seller

A baking pear seller

on a visit to Mr Deputy - at his modern built villas near Clapham'

while workers push barrels or stop to chat

barrels wait on the dock outside Hay's Wharf which can still be seen today

Mercers' Hall had frontages on Cheapside and also Ironmonger Lane

View of part of Tower Bridge from the River Thames, London mb-code 1239337 A baking pear sellerView of part of Tower Bridge from the River Thames, London, 1894. The photograph was probably taken on the occasion of its opening. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894. It was designed so that the central section could be raised to allow the passage of ships to and from the busy wharves of London.