A woodcut showing 'Miss Rist scattering ashes on Tower Hill'

Date:
1840
Location:
Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets, Greater London Authority, EC3
Reference:
9M/HIL/1840
Type:
Engraving
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Description

The engraving shows a woman scattering ashes in front of a horse on a snow-covered Tower Hill, to assist traffic in the snow

Content

This is part of the Series: OWS01/15 Mayson Beeton Print Collection; within the Collection: OWS01 Office of Works and Successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Artist: Knight, J