Firemen fighting the blaze at the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm Section of a panoramic view

Section of a panoramic view of Westminster and the City of London from Whitehall to St Katherine's by the Tower and beyond

In the background behind the City people run from burning houses

One of a set of six plates

Construction of the Metropolitan Railway and Fleet Ditch

Firemen fighting the blaze at the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm Section of a panoramic viewFiremen fighting the blaze at the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene on the morning of Sunday, 23rd June 1861; firefighters train hoses on the blaze as a crowd of spectators watches in the foreground. CF Shaw's account book warehouse is visible on the right.