East end of Whitbread's Brewery, Chiswell Street, Islington, London Size:S: 30 x 25cm View of the Royal Hospital

View of the Royal Hospital

In the foreground are a group of people

Fleet Street

plate I of VIII

showing EH Robinson's opticians and the premises of Cassidy and Wells

East end of Whitbread's Brewery, Chiswell Street, Islington, London Size:S: 30 x 25cm View of the Royal HospitalEast end of Whitbread's Brewery, Chiswell Street, Islington, London, c1792. Scene in the cobbled courtyard of Whitbread's brewery as workers load barrels of beer onto carts pulled by shire horses. A dog watches something intently in the bottom right corner. Whitbread's was the largest brewery in London at this time, and used a steam engine designed by James Watts.