Cadets of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent mb-artist Charles_Burton A blind lace seller led

A blind lace seller led by a dog along the street

With figures by the Royal Greenwich Observatory on the left

in the distance

The woman on the right is wearing a much plainer dress but it still has the full hooped skirt and tight bodice

Cadets of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent mb-artist Charles_Burton A blind lace seller ledCadets of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, 1851. Scene showing cadets preparing to leave the cadet barracks in the Warren, to pass the summer vacation with their friends. The Royal Military Academy at Woolwich was established in 1741 for the training of officers of the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery. It closed in 1939.