Horsleydown, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm led by Sir John Gonson

led by Sir John Gonson

in the late 19th century it was dismantled and moved to Theobalds Park

A convoy of steamships proceeds up the river watched by crowds in the foreground

The estate is surrounded by open country with horses and deer grazing

Horsleydown, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm led by Sir John GonsonHorsleydown, Bermondsey, London, c1850. View of Horsleydown, seen from the shore of the River Thames. At right are warehouses; people work on boats, with some in the foreground who may be mud larking looking for anything washed up by the tide that they might use or sell. Ships can be seen in the distance.