View of Millbank on the River Thames near London 1795 Size:extra large via Curacao and the Panama

via Curacao and the Panama Canal

and near the West and East India Docks

At this time the Thames was still a working river and in the foreground barges and workers on the shore are detailed before the sun-lit towers of Parliament

The Great Eastern was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built during 1857 by the engineer and iron-ship designer John Scott Russell

View of Millbank on the River Thames near London 1795 Size:extra large via Curacao and the PanamaView of Millbank on the River Thames near London. Coloured aquatint. A rural depiction of Millbank from the southern bank, with animals and a barge and cottages.