THE 'NIGHT WATCHMAN', DOWNSTREAM OF THE LOWER POOL In Gallery / LONDON'S RIVER

THE 'NIGHT WATCHMAN', DOWNSTREAM OF THE LOWER POOL

It would seem that in either the vessel or the warehouse there is some cargo of value since a night watchman has been employed to look after things. He is well organized with a hut, brazier, some wood, a chopper and block. He even has a mate. This sort of frontage is reminiscent of Conrad's "mad jumbl...