May Morning c. 1760 Women's Social and Political Union with Wapping seen across the

with Wapping seen across the river

the play Wicked

with text written by John Thomson and the journalist Adolphe Smith

pioneering voyages and historical riverside pubs

Casks remain on the quayside for customs gauging and sampling

May Morning c. 1760 Women's Social and Political Union with Wapping seen across theMay Morning by John Collet. Oil on canvas. The May Day procession includes a milkmaid wearing her garland, a hurdy gurdy player, a black servant, a soldier and children. The painting May Morning, takes a satirical view of a traditional London May Day procession. The Lord and Lady of May can be seen on the left hand side (the 'Lady' may in fact be a man) and also a rough hurdy gurdy player and other disreputable characters in the throng. The milkmaid