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1. London from Greenwich Park.
*London from Greenwich Park. A view from the top of the hill by the Observatory, with a weekend or holiday crowd including a Greenwich Pensioner with a wooden leg, another hiring...
2. Sheet music cover for 'Les Petits Matelots, Characteristic Rondo'.
*Sheet music cover for 'Les Petits Matelots, Characteristic Rondo'. An image used on the front cover of a piece of sheet music, showing the band of the Royal Naval Asylum with the audience around the training ship.
3. Identifying the clothes of the dead.
*Identifying the clothes of the dead. After the 'Princess Alice' disaster, many of the bodies could not be identified. Clothing from the bodies was brought to Woolwich Dockyard, where...
4. Greenwich Park, with the Royal Observatory, one Easter Monday.
*Greenwich Park, with the Royal Observatory, one Easter Monday. This is a well-known image of Greenwich at the time of its famous Easter Fair. This filled the streets of the town until it was abolished in 1857 as...
5. Admiral Lord Howe. 'While we shed a tear of feeling'.
*Admiral Lord Howe. 'While we shed a tear of feeling'. This is the title page from a ballad, "written especially for the Fancy Bazaar, for the benefit of the Floating Hospital and respectfully dedicated...
6. Easter Monday on the Thames - going to Greenwich.
*Easter Monday on the Thames - going to Greenwich. An 1847 etching from the 'Illustrated London News', showing crowds leaving for Greenwich on Easter Monday. Greenwich was a favourite destination for...
7. The Fair on the Thames, February 4th 1814, by Luke Clenell.
*The Fair on the Thames, February 4th 1814, by Luke Clenell. Before the demolition of the old London Bridge in 1831, the Thames sometimes froze over during particularly cold winters. Spontaneous 'frost fairs'...
 
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