Steam machine, New Road, Islington, London Size:S: 60 x 45cm 'All the world's a stage

'All the world's a stage

William Pitt holding up the dome of St Paul's Cathedral which he is about to place over the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral

this was a massive engineering project to improve London's water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away and bringing it to large cisterns at Finsbury

Also showing crowds gathered on the street and looking out from windows at the event in Mark Lane

Steam machine, New Road, Islington, London Size:S: 60 x 45cm 'All the world's a stageSteam machine, New Road, Islington, London, 1808. New Road was built to link the City with the western suburbs of London. In 1857 it was re named Pentonville Road.