£650
An oil on panel by an unknown hand circa 1820's 'A View Of West London Dock' housed in a gilt frame, this most intersting and rare view shows a small portion of the River Thames frontage about half a mile to the East os The Tower of Lonodon. This was a rough and somewhat squalid area wich was prigressively razed during the 19thC. Much i=of the rubble which came out went to fill the low lying arears of Plimco & Chelsea. At this time the North bank of the river was lined with small boat building yards, chandlers, coal and tier merchants, taverns for sailors and cheap rooming houses. What remained into the Century was destroyed by bombing in 1940. In the centre of the picture is the Wapping stairs and the Church in St John. This area was used by Dickens as the settings of Oliver Twist and not far fromthis was an area called Jacob's Island, where Bill Sykesmet his fate
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