A Museum copy negative of an original F J Mortimer print. A view of an unidentified lighterman on the bow of a lighter at the Bankside Barge Moorings in King's Reach, River Thames. The lighterman is hauling on a rope. In the background can be seen various wharves. These include (from left to right) East Paul's Wharf, Trig Wharf, Edward Lloyd's Wharf, Sunlight Wharf (L. E. P. Transport) with St. Paul's Cathedral dome behind, Lyon's Wharf, and Brook's Wharf.