Westminster stairs 1872 Size:extra large Suschitzky was attracted by the

Suschitzky was attracted by the extensive array of second-hand bookshops and teahouses

Gin was one of the worst social evils of the eighteenth century despite attempts to discourage it by high taxation and legislative controls from 1751

It has been suggested that some of the girls could be Reid's daughters

The reality was often very different

Westminster stairs 1872 Size:extra large Suschitzky was attracted by theAn illustration of steam boats, full of Boat Race spectators, at Westminster Stairs, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor, 1872. Jerrold questions: 'Is it possible that this tremendous rush along both banks of the river; this block of a dozen bridges, this unbroken water procession and these moving steamers massed to the funnels with humanity can all be provoked by a single contention among a score of University students?'