Surrey Commercial Docks 1922 Harold Burdekin The painting depicts Old London

The painting depicts Old London Bridge

thousands of individuals took the plunge

while pictures of street-side galleries place London's art scene within an ever-expanding cosmopolitan world

a soldier leaning over the back of a park bench and talking to the child's mother and a country couple

Surrey Commercial Docks 1922 Harold Burdekin The painting depicts Old LondonA horse drawn cart belonging to the Midland Railway Company was photographed at the Surrey Commercial Docks waiting to take part of a cargo of paper from the S. S. Castor. These docks were not linked by rail, so carts and vans would take some of the imported products to the railways to be sent countrywide. A year after this photo was taken The Midland Railway was merged with many other companies to form the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Surrey