A Ball at the Mansion House Picken view of the Joiners' Arms

view of the Joiners' Arms Inn

carrying a large basket over his shoulder

portrait of a child

scene at the foot of some riverside steps showing a waterman apparently thigh-deep in water

watched by a large crowd which includes horse and foot guards

A Ball at the Mansion House Picken view of the Joiners' Arms'A Ball at the Mansion House', 1872. Interior view of Mansion House in London during a ball. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor. A Pilgrimage was a comprehensive portrait of London, but although the book was a commercial success many of the critics disliked it. Several were upset that Jerrold and Dor had concentrated on the poverty that existed in London.