Paris Clapham Manor House ' A man buying from

' A man buying from an old clothes seller

The docks were the only major project to be undertaken in London by the famous engineer Thomas Telford

Kitty Brunell working on her MG F Magna

Peckham High Street

This cartoon shows Charles Thomson Ritchie

Paris Clapham Manor House ' A man buying from'Paris, 1870'. France, armed and in full armour, mans her country's defences. At France's feet can be seen a number of contemporary newspapers, and a fool's cap. This relates to the Franco Prussian war of 1870. The French had suffered a number of heavy defeats at the hands of the Prussians. However, French newspapers had carried a number of stories applauding French victories and so the news of the Prussian advances was cause for much excitement and