View of New River Head, Finsbury, London Finish:10-pack View of Chester Terrace

View of Chester Terrace

The Royal Hospital and its formal gardens seen from the River Thames with sailing boats and rowing boats

The fleet of the City steamboats passing in review order off Chelsea

showing men studying the Gazette Extraordinary while others appear to be taking notes from a blackboard

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London Finish:10-pack View of Chester TerraceView of New River Head, Finsbury, London, c1753; with figures. Completed in 1713, this was a massive engineering project to improve London's water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away and bringing it to large cisterns at Finsbury. From there it was delivered to the city in pipes made from hollowed elm trunks.