Horsleydown, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm The estate is surrounded by

The estate is surrounded by open country with horses and deer grazing

with figures on the street

or wait with luggage

One or the other can be raised to let through a ship while traffic is diverted to the alternative route

A convoy of steamships proceeds up the river watched by crowds in the foreground

Horsleydown, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm The estate is surrounded byHorsleydown, Bermondsey, London, c1850. View of Horsleydown, seen from the shore of the River Thames. At right are warehouses; people work on boats, with some in the foreground who may be mud larking looking for anything washed up by the tide that they might use or sell. Ships can be seen in the distance.