Picturesque Sketches of London - the Adelphi "Dry Arches", 1850. Illustration to an article by Thomas Miller: 'Thousands who pass along the Strand never dream of the shadowy region which lies between them and the noonday overhung with midnight darkness, excepting where, here and there, a gaslight throws its dim rays, and feebly illumines the cavernous many of those strong horses which the countryman who visits London looks upon with wonder and envy, are stabled - strong, broad-chested steeds, such as may he seen dragging the heavily-laden coal-waggons up those
Picturesque Sketches of London - the Adelphi "Dry Arches", 1850. Illustration to an article by Thomas Miller: 'Thousands who pass along the Strand never dream of the shadowy region which lies between them and the noonday overhung with midnight darkness, excepting where, here and there, a gaslight throws its dim rays, and feebly illumines the cavernous many of those strong horses which the countryman who visits London looks upon with wonder and envy, are stabled - strong, broad-chested steeds, such as may he seen dragging the heavily-laden coal-waggons up those steep passages which lead into the Adelphi arches form a little subterranean city; there is nothing like it in England: in some places you catch a glimpse of the river, a small loop-hole that lets in the light like the end of a railway '. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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