Westminster stairs 1872 Frame:gold These portraits of leading society

These portraits of leading society figures are juxtaposed with a crowd of caricatured Londoners

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Measures 8cm x 13

the river appeared much narrower

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Westminster stairs 1872 Frame:gold These portraits of leading societyAn 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?'