Scene in Covent Garden, Westminster, London mb-artist William_Simpson view from the River Thames

view from the River Thames

from Whitehall in the west

and dogs and small boys enjoy the excitement

Above is Caius Gabriel Cibber's allegorical relief on the west side of Monument's base

The Grand Union canal was built between 1790 and 1929 and is an amalgamation of several canals between Birmingham and London

Scene in Covent Garden, Westminster, London mb-artist William_Simpson view from the River ThamesScene in Covent Garden, Westminster, London, 1830. 'One of the afflicting occurrences in life in London, Tom, Jerry and Logic arrested in their progress home by the melancholy discovery of Corinthian Kate in the last stage of consumption, disease & inebriety'. Under the piazzas of Covent Garden a woman is lying in the arms of a man while other figures look on.