An illustration of Wentworth Street in Whitechapel, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872. Jerrold describes the inhabitants of the area of Shoreditch and Whitechapel, which include: "The German, the Jew, the Frenchman, the Lascar, the swarthy native of Spitalfields, the leering thin-handed thief, the bully of his court, the silly-Billy of the neighbourhood ... [and] endless swarms of ragged children" who fill the roads and pavements.
