View of the Ratcliffe area, London, showing the ruins after the fire of 23 July Size:L: 75 x 60cm To the right a boy

To the right a boy picks a handkerchief from a pedestrian's pocket

seated on a stool

in Rathbone Place

The figure of Fortune is conducted by Folly in a chair drawn by the South Sea and other Companies

View of the Ratcliffe area, London, showing the ruins after the fire of 23 July Size:L: 75 x 60cm To the right a boyView of the Ratcliffe area, London, showing the ruins after the fire of 23 July, 1794. Also showing figures, boats and ships in the foreground. The Ratcliffe Fire of July 1794 was the worst fire disaster to affect London between the Great Fire of London and the Blitz. 400 homes and 20 warehouses were destroyed and around 1000 people were left homeless.