The City from Bankside 19th century Size:medium London bridge railway station

London bridge railway station

The painting shows the return of the soldiers who fought in the first Indian war of Independence in 1857

with theTower on the left

has been taken over by a crowd of well meaning voters

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The City from Bankside 19th century Size:medium London bridge railway stationThe City from Bankside. The City riverfront is dominated by St. Paul's Cathedral looming in the background. The sequence of wharves (from left to right) is: Trig Stairs, St. Paul's Wharf, Carron Wharf and Copper Wharf. In the foreground, on the wharf at Bankside, blocks of stone are being prepared for perhaps a bridge or a warehouse under construction in the metropolis. Across the river, the sunlight falls on some newly built warehouses (right of