Design by Frederic Barnett for a 'duplex' low-level bridge, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm Well-to-do people - the men

Well-to-do people - the men in top hats - watch a military band

the original home of the British Museum

Swans and boats can be seen on the river

View of a rat catcher holding a cage of rats which is being attacked by a dog

Design by Frederic Barnett for a 'duplex' low-level bridge, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm Well-to-do people - the menDesign by Frederic Barnett for a 'duplex' low level bridge, London, 1876. The bridge was intended to allow uninterrupted continuity of vehicular and general traffic. In 1876 a competition was held to design a new crossing over the Thames below London Bridge. This was one of the more than 50 designs submitted. In the event, Sir Horace Jones's Tower Bridge was the design chosen.