Pool of London Dockworker handling a cargo of bagged nuts 1947 Frame:none much to the alarm of

much to the alarm of the old watchman inside whose colleague raises the alarm with a rattle

Fitton wrote on the 17th August 1948: The setting of the painting is in Brixton

with some of the thousands of British workers engaged upon the construction of sections of the prefabricated ports

Watts studied at London's Slade School of Fine Art

Pool of London Dockworker handling a cargo of bagged nuts 1947 Frame:none much to the alarm ofA Pool of London Docker handling a cargo of bagged nuts craned up from the gaping holds below. This view was taken towards Tower Bridge from approximately the present position of City Hall. Image can be found on page 19 London's Changing Riverscape