Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 29 1889 H. Merke George Davison Reid photographed this

George Davison Reid photographed this uniformed messenger boy crossing Fleet Street

The panorama is similar to Canaletto's views of London from the same vantage point

Covent Garden in the morning - showing the tavern Tom King's Coffee House in front of St Pauls

takes readers on an unforgettable journey along the Thames’ foreshore

In the central foreground are Townshend

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 29 1889 H. Merke George Davison Reid photographed thisSection 29 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Northampton Street in the North West; Friendly Street in the North East; the Thames in the South East and New Gravel Lane in the South West. The districts covered are Wapping and Stepney.