The Bayswater Omnibus 1895 IN9140 From Belgravia's corgi to Walthamstow’s

From Belgravia's corgi to Walthamstow’s greyhound

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

George Davison Reid took this photo from the steps of St Martin's-in-the-Fields church

gatehouse to Morton's Tower

Measures 100mm in height

The Bayswater Omnibus 1895 IN9140 From Belgravia's corgi to Walthamstow’sThe Bayswater Omnibus. This oil painting by GW Joy was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1895 and at the Paris Salon in 1896. It shows group of passengers (mother with baby and small child, fashionable young woman, a City man, milliner and a nurse) in an omnibus evidently passing Hyde Park or Kensington Gardens. It features a Pear's Soap advertisement and a Hansom cab in is visible in the background.