The return from a masquerade - a morning scene 1784 Frame:white George Davison Reid photographed this

George Davison Reid photographed this scene looking towards the City waterfront from Benbow Wharf

The riches of Britain’s Empire found its way into the country through the River Thames and into London

Section 13 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty

Mary Aldermary in middle distance

which outraged philanthropist and researcher Charles Booth

The return from a masquerade - a morning scene 1784 Frame:white George Davison Reid photographed thisThe return from a masquerade a morning scene'. A young lady dressed as a shepherdess with staff slumps in a sedan chair. Asleep or drunk, her head and shoulders hang out of the side window. The two porters smile and a dwarf chimney sweep carries a mask.