Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 33 1889

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 33 1889Section 33 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Hyde Park in the North West; Stratton Street in the North East; Victoria Station in the South East and Cadogan Place in the South West. The districts covered are Belgravia and Mayfair.

Coloured aquatint with engraving

The districts covered are Spitalfields

Publisher: Picador

It is believed to be Robert Hooke's design

He worked with five men to survey the ruins

The painting depicts Old London Bridge

The districts covered are Whitehall and St James

each with a different theme and all with their own musicians

The souvenir stall in the centre of the picture would have sold an array of commemorative products

The 19th-century building was home to the hospital until 1973

The city is in the background with a factory on the right

it shows the poor and overcrowed conditions in which the poor lived in Victorian times