Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 5 1889 Size:large The bar is believed to

The bar is believed to be in Old Street or Caledonian Road

On the podium is an array of scientific equipment

From 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré

In foreground there is a crowd of streetsellers and larger retailers

Sailing barge moored at Greenmoor Wharf

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 5 1889 Size:large The bar is believed toSection 5 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Myddelton Road, in the North West; Drayton Street in the North East; Cloudesley Street in the South East and Midland Railway Goods Depot in the South West. The districts covered are Barnsbury, Islington, South Finsbury.