Father Thames Himself Again mb-artist Charlie_Crawford Lambeth on the south bank

Lambeth on the south bank is visible due to the meander of the Thames

figures on the street and at windows and sheep on the right

represents the useless chaff

erected in St James's Park

'Marriage a la Mode'

Father Thames Himself Again mb-artist Charlie_Crawford Lambeth on the south bank'Father Thames Himself Again', 1865. 'Lor Bless Yer R'Y'L 'Ighness! I ain't the Same River since I Gave up Scavenging and Turned Waterman! In the late 1850s, the River Thames had been so badly polluted that action had had to be taken to bring it back to life. A programme of regeneration had been launched in 1858 and here the results can be seen. Father Thames, originally depicted as a vile creature, ornamented with dead cats and broken kettles is now