Barnes Bridge 1872 84.166 Portrait of Henry Irving as

Portrait of Henry Irving as Louis XI - an 1878 role

The scene shows a full range of sheds and two-storeyed market buildings

a crate turned on its side and a stand for the customer's foot

in Reid's time

Barnes Bridge 1872 84.166 Portrait of Henry Irving asAn illustration of Barnes Bridge on Boat Race day, 6th April 1870, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor, 1872. People have climbed along the supports underneath Barnes Bridge in order to get a better view of the race. Other people are sitting or standing in temporary stands which Jerrold describes as 'animated lines of rough hewn stands thrown up as speculations'.