Dore is, in my opinion, one of the best artists of the 19th century. While he made it a professional goal to illustrate all the classics (and he came close), he also did a lot of real world stuff too. This anthology of his trip to London is about s close to photos of the area and time s you are likely to get. Even better, he chose ordinary people and areas as his subjects. While there are pics of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, most of the pics are of markets, the docks, and ordinary people going about their ordinary lives. As such, it is a fascinating portrait of London and how it really looked and ran. A fascinating slice of historical record.