A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Product:Postcard Half-length portrait of a confident-looking

Half-length portrait of a confident-looking man in spectacles

Aerial view of London Bridge

View of Oxford and Cambridge University Club

Among the pedestrians is 'Jack in the Green' as part of the May Day celebrations

Queen Consort of George IV

A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Product:Postcard Half-length portrait of a confident-lookingA 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.