View of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:S: 36 x 28cm Aerial view of Howland Great

Aerial view of Howland Great Dock

which was to raise funds for the new tuberculosis hospital at Brompton

with houses and shop fronts on either side

Ludgate was demolished in 1760

View of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:S: 36 x 28cm Aerial view of Howland GreatView of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene as it appeared on the morning of Monday June 24th, after burning for two days and nights. The fire is still blazing fiercely on the warehouse on the left, while of those to the right only the burnt out walls remain. The sky is filled with black smoke, and the moon appears from behind a cloud. Jets of water from firefighting teams are visible at left and right. The River Thames in the