Boats on Regent's Canal, London mb-width 4810 as seen from the Royal

as seen from the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens

'The Wreck'

A ragged urchin with torch in right hand and a hat in left hand advances towards them from an awaiting coach

with a small vignette of the south east view of the College in the bottom margin

In the foreground a horse drawn fire engine rushes to the disaster and firemen direct jets of water towards the fire

Boats on Regent's Canal, London mb-width 4810 as seen from the RoyalBoats on Regent's Canal, London, c1905. The Regent's Canal, connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse, was opened in 1820. The canal cost 772,000 to construct, twice the amount originally estimated. In 1929 the Regent's Canal Company purchased the Grand Junction and Warwick Canals, merging the three waterways to create the Grand Union Canal.