View of Millbank on the River Thames near London 1795 Size:extra large At this time the Thames

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

but moves about in time

and near the West and East India Docks

via Curacao and the Panama Canal

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 At this time the ThamesView 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.