Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 29 1889 H. Merke Covent Garden in the morning

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

In the central foreground are Townshend

Blomfield Road in the South East and Marylands Road in the South West

cultural and political changes within those communities which have fundamentally transformed the city

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

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 29 1889 H. Merke Covent Garden in the morningSection 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.