Old Houses Aldgate c.1882 IN15976/1 the Duchess was involved in

the Duchess was involved in election canvassing by the date of Dighton's drawing

Old Houses

George Davison Reid took this photo looking north along Charing Cross Road

This image was first published in the Illustrated London News

The combination of the close-up view and the artificial lighting creates a striking image

Old Houses Aldgate c.1882 IN15976/1 the Duchess was involved inOld Houses, Aldgate, c. 1882. These houses were demolished in 1882 to make way for the extension of the Metropolitan Railway from Aldgate to Tower Hill. This photograph was commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London to form part of a permanent visual record of historic buildings threatened with alteration or possible demolition in the 1870s and 80s.