Design by Frederic Barnett for a 'duplex' low-level bridge, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm View of a rat catcher

View of a rat catcher holding a cage of rats which is being attacked by a dog

Five women wearing spring and summer coats and mantles

Also shows the Tower of London in the distance

Two journalists

Swans and boats can be seen on the river

Design by Frederic Barnett for a 'duplex' low-level bridge, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm View of a rat catcherDesign by Frederic Barnett for a 'duplex' low level bridge, London, 1876. The bridge was intended to allow uninterrupted continuity of vehicular and general traffic. In 1876 a competition was held to design a new crossing over the Thames below London Bridge. This was one of the more than 50 designs submitted. In the event, Sir Horace Jones's Tower Bridge was the design chosen.