Cheyne Walk, Chelsea

Cheyne Walk, a long, broad walkway running parallel to the River Thames, offered residents a break from the smog-filled air and compact streets of central London. Like the promenades of the city's pleasure gardens, people used Cheyne Walk as a means of taking exercise.

In this period Chelsea wa still a riverside village and it was not until the mid ninteenth century, when the King's Road area was laid out with new streets and squares, that it was absorbed into the metropolis.

This is a drawing by an unknown artist, in the style of Thomas Rowlandson.