Opening ceremony of the new London Bridge Size:S: 50 x 25cm John Adam Street

John Adam Street

View showing the devastation following the demolition of unsafe buildings damaged by German bombing

which permitted the French to withdraw their surrounded troops from Portugal unmolested and was seen as a national disgrace back in Britain

with horse drawn carriages outside

Opening ceremony of the new London Bridge Size:S: 50 x 25cm John Adam StreetOpening ceremony of the new London Bridge, 1831. The bridge was officially opened by King William IV and Queen Adelaide. In the foreground there are decorated barges on the River Thames packed full of figures and on the north bank crowds have gathered to watch the celebrations.