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A pea seller catching peas in her apron

Botticelli

A woman buys from a pickled salmon seller who carries his produce in a basket on his head

lead singer of Seattle-based grunge rock group Nirvana

Glenn Hoddle

Strangers mb-width 2223 A pea seller catching peas'Strangers', 1883. Father Christmas visits the slums of London to find the little girl does not know him. The continuing concern over the plight of the capital's poorest citizens had been brought to the fore once again by the publication of Andrew Mearns' The Bitter Cry of Outcast London earlier in the year. Published by the London City Mission, this had graphically described the terrible conditions in which many of the urban poor lived. From Punch,