Images Dated 2008 November

Tower Bridge AA076902

TOWER BRIDGE, London. The bridge seen from riverside gantries, looking east. The Thames is still a major port, with Thames barges and other vessels moored in mid stream. (Reproduced in John Gay, 1964, London Observed). Photographed by John Gay

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Bridge, Industrial, River, Victorian, Water

Invitation K970521

DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Invitation to Westminster Abbey on April 26th 1882. Charles Darwin died on 19th April 1882. He was buried next to the renowned scientist Sir John Herschel and a few feet away from Sir Isaac Newton

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Artefact, Darwin

Dining at the Savoy BL12027

THE SAVOY HOTEL, The Strand, City of Westminster, London. Interior of the Pinafore Room with table laid. The theatrical impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte had the Savoy Hotel built next to his Savoy Theatre in 1889. The Theatre was home of the Gilbert & Sullivan Savoy Operas of which "HMS Pinafore" was amongst the most famous and successful. Photographed by Bedford Lemere for the proprietor in April 1893

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