The Bottle Size:S: 36 x 28cm Billingsgate Market became established on

Billingsgate Market became established on Billingsgate Wharf during the 16th century

llustration of a scene at the Fleet Prison

'Fitz-James and the dying Blanche of Devan'

depicts a naked baker's boy sitting on a pannier

The Bottle Size:S: 36 x 28cm Billingsgate Market became established on'The Bottle', 1847; showing an interior domestic scene with the family possessions being repossessed as a result of money being squandered on alcohol. Ironically, the mother and father are sitting in front of the fire consolling themselves with a bottle of alcohol while the children are anxiously watching the family possessions being removed.