Over the Way mb-artistname Gunion first published in 1682

first published in 1682

Six views of St Paul's Cathedral

With the royal arms at top left

by the side of the quay holding up a basket of mackerel

1796 with Monument and St Magnus the Martyr on left

Over the Way mb-artistname Gunion first published in 1682'Over the Way', 1861. At the time the American Civil War began, Britain imported the bulk of its cotton from the United States. President Lincoln's blockade of the Southern ports caused Britain to suffer a 'cotton famine' which caused great distress to the workers in the mill towns of Lancashire. By early 1862, some quarter of a million workers in Lancashire were out of work and fresh sources of cotton, mainly from India, were sought. Here we see