Sujet

'Selling a wife', Smithfield Market, London, 1816. Artist: Anon

Légende

'Selling a wife', London, 1816; a scene at Smithfield Market with a man leading a woman on a rope in the centre, surrounded by figures, cattle and dogs. To the left a potman emerges from a tavern ( the Grapes?), with pots of ale.

Date

1816

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A92_319

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,8Mo) / 40,3cm x 31,0cm / 4765 x 3667 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England drink female women woman people crowd family sell selling marriage market trade century seller city of london sexism lady concept exploitation wife husband B&W MONOCHROME emancipation 19th century black & white black and white B W sexist nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Smithfield Market TGN etching satire Anon Anonymous