Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London contempt a woman carrying a basket

a woman carrying a basket containing food holds out a handbill

a satire on indiscriminate fly-posting

leaning against a support and looking contemplative

'Twelve Pence a Peck Oysters'

Fleetwood commanded a regiment in the New Model Army during the English civil war

Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London contempt a woman carrying a basketCargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London, c1930. The dock was built between 1850 and 1855 on an area of Plaistow Marshes. It was the first London dock to be built specifically to handle large steamships and the first to be connected to the national rail network.