A Watchman making the rounds 18th century HG2436/51 Custom House Quay was home

Custom House Quay was home to the Dutch company of William H Muller

During the late 1920s and early 30s

This is one of a group of his paintings of his neighbourhood

A mesmerising journey through the ever-shifting landscape of the Thames Estuary

and shows how London's incredible development is directly attributable to the many different groups of immigrants who arrived after the Second World War

A Watchman making the rounds 18th century HG2436/51 Custom House Quay was homeThe Night Watchman. A Watchman making the rounds. Watercolour drawing. A scruffy looking man yawns as he patrols the streets with a lantern and cudgel. In the background two burglars are brazenly going about their business in an illustration of the inefficiency of parish law enforcement during the 18th century.