Behind the bar 1882 transport likely duration

likely duration

Looking southwest from Lower Custom House Stairs

George Davison Reid took this photo from a sailing barge moored in Greenmoor Wharf

Gin was one of the worst social evils of the eighteenth century despite attempts to discourage it by high taxation and legislative controls from 1751

Salt Office

Behind the bar 1882 transport likely durationBehind the Bar'. Watercolour depicting an interior of archetypal public house in late Victorian London. The bar is believed to be in Old Street or Caledonian Road. In the foreground are variety of bar fittings. The middle ground shows customers whose circumstances often imply addition to gin. In the background there is a pawnbroker's sign. This watercolour is a finished study for an oil of the same name.