Boats on Regent's Canal, London mb-width 4703 wearing a dark fur-trimmed outfit

wearing a dark fur-trimmed outfit with lace collar and cuffs

barges and ships on the river

A chimney-sweep's boy eating a piece of bread and holding a brush

but with a tartan style design featuring on the skirt and bodice

Graphic illustration of a red Orchid

Boats on Regent's Canal, London mb-width 4703 wearing a dark fur-trimmed outfitBoats on Regent's Canal, London, c1905. The Regent's Canal, connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse, was opened in 1820. The canal cost 772,000 to construct, twice the amount originally estimated. In 1929 the Regent's Canal Company purchased the Grand Junction and Warwick Canals, merging the three waterways to create the Grand Union Canal.