View of New River Head, Finsbury, London Finish:10-pack Also showing a shop sign

Also showing a shop sign for Harrison's pawnbrokers with an advertising poster opposite

The fleet of the City steamboats passing in review order off Chelsea

and fireplace

The church of St John-at-Hackney is visible in the distance

consort of the King

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London Finish:10-pack Also showing a shop signView of New River Head, Finsbury, London, c1753; with figures. Completed in 1713, this was a massive engineering project to improve London's water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away and bringing it to large cisterns at Finsbury. From there it was delivered to the city in pipes made from hollowed elm trunks.