View of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:S: 36 x 28cm A man reads from a

A man reads from a newspaper to others round a table

Well-to-do people - the men in top hats - watch a military band

Interior view of Guildhall Library

Ludgate was demolished in 1760

View of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:S: 36 x 28cm A man reads from aView of the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene as it appeared on the morning of Monday June 24th, after burning for two days and nights. The fire is still blazing fiercely on the warehouse on the left, while of those to the right only the burnt out walls remain. The sky is filled with black smoke, and the moon appears from behind a cloud. Jets of water from firefighting teams are visible at left and right. The River Thames in the