A Gin Shop 19th century Toys Cheapside and the City of

Cheapside and the City of London were heavily damaged in the Blitz

From Pierce Eganâ's Life in London

To their left is a man in overcoat marked ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY

which is dominated by the looming dome of St Paul's Cathedral is full of shoppers and tradespeople

A Gin Shop 19th century Toys Cheapside and the City ofA Gin Shop. Ink and watercolour over pencil. A Gin Shop where a burly and ugly landlord pours out a glass of gin for a coquettish and brazen woman who is well dressed and makes direct eye contact. At the bar there are two other women, one who is visibly malnourished with a child, and a man who leers at the first woman. Behind the bar are many barrels of gin with taps and a number of glass bottles with stoppers. Gin was one of the worst social evils of