Holborn Viaduct, London Size:L: 70 x 70cm with speech bubbles from the

with speech bubbles from the drawers mouths announcing the pulled numbers and figures in the foreground observing the proceedings

Aldermen and the Common Council

showing an ugly woman holding a spy glass which touches the circumference of a large circle representing a magnified drop of water filled with grotesque aquatic creatures

showing a crowd of visitors of both sexes and all ages engaged in gossip

A man reads from a newspaper to others round a table

Holborn Viaduct, London Size:L: 70 x 70cm with speech bubbles from theView of the Holborn Viaduct under construction showing a new street from Shoe Lane to Holborn Circus, London, 1869. In the middle distance is a group of men observing the work.