Firemen fighting the blaze at the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm Caius Gabriel Cibber's allegorical relief

Caius Gabriel Cibber's allegorical relief on the west side of Monument's base

One of a set of six plates

Construction of the Metropolitan Railway and Fleet Ditch

View of St Mary-le-Bow

The street is lined with crowds

Firemen fighting the blaze at the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm Caius Gabriel Cibber's allegorical reliefFiremen fighting the blaze at the Cotton's Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene on the morning of Sunday, 23rd June 1861; firefighters train hoses on the blaze as a crowd of spectators watches in the foreground. CF Shaw's account book warehouse is visible on the right.