Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

Representation, Pollution, Public Health, Disease, Analytical Chemistry, Microscopy

    Describes a picture of the Thames to be painted by Edward W Cooke. Notes that in representing the river 'as faithfully as possible', 'chemical analysis' had revealed that Thames water was in fact 'an artificial compound of pestiferous ingredients'. The picture is also to include the pollution produced by factories.