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A View taken near Limehouse Bridge, looking down the Thames. die Gegend von der Limehouser Brücke, so wie sie sich gegen die Themse zu zeichget

A View taken near Limehouse Bridge, looking down the Thames. die Gegen...

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McNeill Whistler - The Penny Boat (Penny Passengers, Limehouse)

James McNeill Whistler - The Penny Boat (Penny Passengers, Limehouse)

James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

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James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

12 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

12 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-702 Public domain photograph of gates, entrance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

10 Limehouse Street (house), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

10 Limehouse Street (house), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-813 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse [1].

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse [1].

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James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

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James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse, 19th century

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Damage Caused by V2 Rocket Attacks in Britain, 1945 HU88803

Damage Caused by V2 Rocket Attacks in Britain, 1945 HU88803

Damage Caused by V2 Rocket Attacks in Britain, 1945 Ruined flats in Limehouse, East London. Hughes Mansions, Vallance Road, following the explosion of the last German V2 rocket to fall on London, 27 March 1945.

The London Blitz - V2 Rocket Bomb Incident at Chinatown, Limehouse, East London, March 1945 HU44973

The London Blitz - V2 Rocket Bomb Incident at Chinatown, Limehouse, Ea...

The London Blitz - V2 Rocket Bomb Incident at Chinatown, Limehouse, East London, March 1945 Damage caused by the V2. In the foreground, a man inspects the propulsion unit of a "V" rocket bomb.

A View taken near Limehouse Bridge, looking down the Thames RMG PY2196

A View taken near Limehouse Bridge, looking down the Thames RMG PY2196

A View taken near Limehouse Bridge, looking down the Thames 'A view taken near Limehouse Bridge, looking down the Thames', one of the many views of England and Wales published by John Boydell (1719-1804). Boyde... More

A West Indiaman in Cox and Curlin's yard Limehouse RMG PU7906

A West Indiaman in Cox and Curlin's yard Limehouse RMG PU7906

A West Indiaman in Cox & Curlin's yard Limehouse Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'A West Indiaman in Cox & Curlin's yard Limehouse'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. A W... More

Limehouse reach RMG PV1966, William Lionel Wyllie

Limehouse reach RMG PV1966, William Lionel Wyllie

Limehouse reach A Wyllie watercolour of shipping on Limehouse Reach. Limehouse was named after the lime kilns or oasts that were prevalent in the area from the 14th century. As the commercial aspect of London g... More

Limehouse RMG D0107, William Lionel Wyllie

Limehouse RMG D0107, William Lionel Wyllie

Limehouse A river scene by the marine painter William Lionel Wyllie showing a steamer at a quayside and other vessels on the water, including a number of lighters receiving cargo from the steamer. At the height... More

Henry Moses - Limehouse RMG PU7903

Henry Moses - Limehouse RMG PU7903

Limehouse Print from part two of Moses 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Limehouse'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. A schooner drawn up on the Limehouse foreshore. Limehouse

Henry Moses - Limehouse RMG PU7905

Henry Moses - Limehouse RMG PU7905

Limehouse Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Limehouse'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. The view appears to be from the south bank of the Thames with a West Indiaman or ... More

Limehouse RMG PW2163, William Lionel Wyllie

Limehouse RMG PW2163, William Lionel Wyllie

Limehouse A river scene by the marine painter William Lionel Wyllie showing a steamer at a quayside and other vessels on the water, including a number of lighters receiving cargo from the steamer. At the height... More

Limehouse, 1859 RMG PW5482 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Limehouse, 1859 RMG PW5482 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Limehouse, 1859 The buildings of Limehouse are shown on the right with the Thames and shipping in the distance on the left. The low viewpoint shows a complex arrangement of boats, masts, wooden piles and buildi... More

Limehouse, inscribed 'Aquatint partly cleaned' RMG PW0836, William Lionel Wyllie

Limehouse, inscribed 'Aquatint partly cleaned' RMG PW0836, William Lio...

Limehouse, inscribed 'Aquatint partly cleaned'An aquatint of the Thames near Limehouse with vessels of all sizes on the river including steamships, tugs, lighters and sailing barges. Limehouse was named after t... More

Old Limehouse RMG PW0712, William Lionel Wyllie

Old Limehouse RMG PW0712, William Lionel Wyllie

Old Limehouse An evocative depiction of shipping on the Thames, including Thames barges and a steam tug, together with lighters and other small boats moored near the wharves of Limehouse in the Lower Pool. Lime... More

9 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

9 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-661 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

9 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

9 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-661 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

9 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

9 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-661 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

9 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

9 Limehouse Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-661 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Limehouse Cut (5764451525)

Limehouse Cut (5764451525)

Reproduction ID: N16421 Maker: Unknown Date: 1948-58

Limehouse Reach (5764999394)

Limehouse Reach (5764999394)

Reproduction ID: N16419 Maker: Unknown Date: 1948-58

Limehouse Reach RMG BHC4248 - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Limehouse Reach RMG BHC4248 - Public domain image of a steam ship or b...

Limehouse Reach An evocative Thames scene showing lighters and barges in Limehouse Reach. The paddle steamer in the centre of the painting is towing a barge on the left, a rowing boat and two lighters. The li... More

Hemy (1841-1917), shipbuilding

Hemy (1841-1917), shipbuilding

(c) South Shields Museum and Art Gallery; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

Limehouse Pier - Poplar, London (1908)

Limehouse Pier - Poplar, London (1908)

Limehouse Pier, Poplar, London

Lifeboats and Lifeboat-men by C F Staniland-Testing self-righting boats

Lifeboats and Lifeboat-men by C F Staniland-Testing self-righting boat...

A lifeboat's self-righting power is tested by tipping it over with a crane at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's store yard beside the Limehouse Cut c.1885 Illustrations for "Lifeboats and Lifeboat-men... More

Testing lifeboat in Limehouse Cut

Testing lifeboat in Limehouse Cut

A lifeboat's self-righting power is tested by tipping it over with a crane at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's store yard beside the Limehouse Cut c.1885 Illustrations for "Lifeboats and Lifeboat-men... More

Letters from England, Limehouse

Letters from England, Limehouse

Limehouse as depicted in the book Letters from England by Karel Čapek Čeština: Limehouse v knize Anglické listy of Karla Čapka

John Boydell - John Boydell - View of the riverside at Limehouse 1751

John Boydell - John Boydell - View of the riverside at Limehouse 1751

John Boydell's view of the riverside at Limehouse in 1751 shows respectable houses and shipyards crowding onto the riverfront

"The Two Brewers", Limehouse

"The Two Brewers", Limehouse

Riverside pub of 1890 illustrating the Thames walls of the era

'"The Times", 23 September 1865

'"The Times", 23 September 1865

The Limehouse Cut in London's East End was polluted. Reformers sought to improve it, as in this letter extract.

'Oracle', 28 September 1798

'Oracle', 28 September 1798

News item illustrating the insalubrious state of the Limehouse Cut, London

A Perspective and Political View of the Timber Yard at L------e

A Perspective and Political View of the Timber Yard at L------e

Political cartoon. The entrepreneur Charles Dingley stands for Parliament against radical John Wilkes. In the background is Dingley's sawmill at Limehouse (the first in England, but which was smashed by a mo... More

Dod Street meetings, Limehouse

Dod Street meetings, Limehouse

Socialist street meetings were held here during the 1880s and were addressed by Bernard Shaw, Eleanor Marx, William Morris and others.

Dod Street, Limehouse (1885)

Dod Street, Limehouse (1885)

A cartoon in The Graphic illustrates Dod Street as it was in 1885. The image is an inset that depicts an uncharacteristically quiet street on a Sunday morning: the usual crowds are attending a socialist demon... More

East London Observer

East London Observer

Indignation meeting in Limehouse at plan to erect smallpox hospital in crowded working district. (Facsimile of report in East London Observer, 13 January 1877.)

Horwood's 1819 map showing the Limehouse Cut, London

Horwood's 1819 map showing the Limehouse Cut, London

1. The Island. 2. Britannia Bridge. 3. Huddart's Patent Cable Works. 4. Stinkhouse Bridge.

Joel Gascoyne's Limehouse - Public domain vintage map

Joel Gascoyne's Limehouse - Public domain vintage map

An extract from Joel Gascoyne's map of the hamlet of Limehouse, London (1703) showing its cartouche and some of the riverside features; at the top are agricultural fields.

Limehouse in about 1735 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Limehouse in about 1735 - Drawing. Public domain image.

"A view taken near Limehouse Bridge looking down the Thames". Etching by an unknown artist of German school; published in Nuremberg around 1720-1750 by Georg Daniel Heumann . Barges, rowing boats and large s... More

Limehouse Middx 1809 - A drawing of a building with a clock tower

Limehouse Middx 1809 - A drawing of a building with a clock tower

An 1809 print showing part of Limehouse during the Napoleonic wars. In the background is Anne's Church and the newly opened Commercial Road. The area is sill mainly rural. In the foreground is the Limehouse... More

Caricature, The Earthly Paradox, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The Earthly Paradox, public domain cartoon image

William Morris is shown metaphorically having his boots blacked by the law in Dod Street, Limehouse. ( Unlike plebeian demonstrators, the law treated him lightly.)

The Irish-Stew Dinner at Limehouse

The Irish-Stew Dinner at Limehouse

Engraving in 'Illustrated London News. The charity run by this couple was endorsed in glowing terms. It was afterwards exposed as a scam in Truth.

Brilliant Chang letter

Brilliant Chang letter

Brilliant Chang letter.

The Strangers Home, Limehouse

The Strangers Home, Limehouse

Strangers Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Pinckney Shingler House, 9 Limehouse Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

William Pinckney Shingler House, 9 Limehouse Street, Charleston, Charl...

Significance: A mid-19th century house with attractive architectural features, owned by a businessman and planter. Survey number: HABS SC-300 Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

William Pinckney Shingler House, 9 Limehouse Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

William Pinckney Shingler House, 9 Limehouse Street, Charleston, Charl...

Significance: A mid-19th century house with attractive architectural features, owned by a businessman and planter. Survey number: HABS SC-300 Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Felix Bracquemond - Vue de la Tamise (prise de Limehouse).

Felix Bracquemond - Vue de la Tamise (prise de Limehouse).

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Limehouse. - Public domain  drawing

Limehouse. - Public domain drawing

Public domain scan of 19th-century ship, boat, drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description