A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Size:S: 40 x 30cm an omnibus and a two

an omnibus and a two wheeled van

View of a house in Wells Street

and a couple of straw hats on her opposite hip

Surrounding the dock are fields with cattle grazing

View of St Mary Lambeth and Lambeth Palace

A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Size:S: 40 x 30cm an omnibus and a twoA wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, 1816. A woman stands with a rope round her neck, like an animal; Smithfield is a cattle market. A man presumably her husband holds the rope. Another man chucks her under the chin. People have assembled for the spectacle, and dogs and small boys enjoy the excitement. A publican stands outside his tavern in his apron to watch.