East end of Whitbread's Brewery, Chiswell Street, Islington, London Size:S: 30 x 25cm plate I of VIII

plate I of VIII

showing EH Robinson's opticians and the premises of Cassidy and Wells

with a passage to machinery and a refreshments room

In the foreground are a group of people

incorporating equestrian bas relief and sculpture

East end of Whitbread's Brewery, Chiswell Street, Islington, London Size:S: 30 x 25cm plate I of VIIIEast end of Whitbread's Brewery, Chiswell Street, Islington, London, c1792. Scene in the cobbled courtyard of Whitbread's brewery as workers load barrels of beer onto carts pulled by shire horses. A dog watches something intently in the bottom right corner. Whitbread's was the largest brewery in London at this time, and used a steam engine designed by James Watts.