View of the Ratcliffe area, London, showing the ruins after the fire of 23 July Dr Samuel of Hunt's Matchless Blacking

of Hunt's Matchless Blacking

The City Imperial Volunteers

In the foreground is an allegorical group showing St Anne with four children

Tom Rakewell is at his morning levee

View of the Ratcliffe area, London, showing the ruins after the fire of 23 July Dr Samuel of Hunt's Matchless BlackingView of the Ratcliffe area, London, showing the ruins after the fire of 23 July, 1794. Also showing figures, boats and ships in the foreground. The Ratcliffe Fire of July 1794 was the worst fire disaster to affect London between the Great Fire of London and the Blitz. 400 homes and 20 warehouses were destroyed and around 1000 people were left homeless.