Only the tough survive. And they expect a life of almost no creature comforts and are duly “rewarded” with the same.
The Thames river was wider then, and flowed more sluggishly due to the obstruction of London Bridge.
Not accurate it all. The painter, Emanuel Leutze, first painted it (there were several versions) in 1850, long after any witnesses had died. Leutze was of German descent, and painted it to inspire revolutionary movements in Europe.
Sure. But the fact there is ice pictured does not make the painting wrong, nor Geo. standing up. The type of boats used were considerably different. But artistic license and all that.
In fact this cite indicates there was indeed ice-