View of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London text Tom Rakewell is taking possession

Tom Rakewell is taking possession of his miserly father's effects

bottom shows exhibits from Persia

23rd June 1861

Front view of Guildhall looking north

A view of St James's Gate leading to St James's Palace from Cleveland Row

View of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London text Tom Rakewell is taking possessionView 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