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'The Penny Gaff', 1872. Garrick Theatre, Leman Street, London.Taken from London: A Piligrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré. A Pilgrimage was a comprehensive portrait of London, but although the book was a commercial success many of the critics disliked it. Several were upset that Jerrold and Doré had concentrated on the poverty that existed in London.