Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Berkshire View of Copenhagen House

View of Copenhagen House

In the middle distance a man stands behind another man and distracts him by tickling his ear

now Clerkenwell Road

scene under Covent Garden piazza

looking up the River Thames

Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Berkshire View of Copenhagen HouseWife 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