A Watchman making the rounds 18th century HG2436/51 A mesmerising journey through the

A mesmerising journey through the ever-shifting landscape of the Thames Estuary

Salmon shipped in from Cordova

What makes it particularly intriguing are all the people and incidents that are portrayed

Publisher: Penguin

Two of the women have been identified by Nurse Pine as Joan Dugdale and Daisy Dugdale

A Watchman making the rounds 18th century HG2436/51 A mesmerising journey through theThe Night Watchman. A Watchman making the rounds. Watercolour drawing. A scruffy looking man yawns as he patrols the streets with a lantern and cudgel. In the background two burglars are brazenly going about their business in an illustration of the inefficiency of parish law enforcement during the 18th century.