Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Size:S: 60 x 45cm She carries the other

She carries the other

Charles Parnell and WH Smith at the chess board

The Blue Boar Inn

holds up an extinguisher made of paper

Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Size:S: 60 x 45cm She carries the otherWife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, c1820. A rowdy scene at Smithfield cattle market with the wife for sale tied by a rope around her waist to a rail in the centre. She doesn't seem unduly concerned at the prospect of being sold and stands with her legs apart, hands on one hip. A man brandishing an ale mug dances beside her; the man on the right possibly her husband holds up one hand for attention. At left a chimney sweep empties soot on the