The City of London, c1872. View of the Embankment and the River Thames, Blackfriars road and railway bridges, with St Paul's Cathedral in the distance. The road bridge, designed by Joseph Cubitt, opened in 1869. Below is the London Stone. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]