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'London Bridge from the Old Swan' by the Irish painter Hubert Pugh (1780)

Shooting the tidal rapids at old London Bridge was dangerous; many passengers preferred to get off at the Old Swan, and walk.

Immediately across the river in the painting is St Saviour's Church, now Southwark Cathedral.


Attribution: Hubert Pugh (Bank of England Museum)

Licence: Not known