Columbia market 1872 Size:large The work was back-breakingly hard

The work was back-breakingly hard

During the late 18th and early 19th century

burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories

George Street in the North East

David Hepher produced a series of paintings which focused on the theme of tower blocks

Columbia market 1872 Size:large The work was back-breakingly hardAn illustration of Columbia market from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor, 1872. Columbia Market in Bethnal Green was built by the philanthropist, Angela Burdett Coutts. Jerrold writes that it was intended to 'bring cheap and good food within the reach of those who could least afford to be cheated of a farthing's worth. And so in 1868, under liberal regulations unknown in the old markets, the spacious avenues of a fine