Selling a wife, Smithfield Market, London bbc midland light orchestra from the south side of

from the south side of the River Thames with rowing boats on the riverbank

a large slab of stone is lowered on a pulley viewed by a large audience

Threadneedle Street

showing a watchman who has fallen asleep in his box

In the foreground on the right severed heads on pikes can be seen at the entrance of the bridge

Selling a wife, Smithfield Market, London bbc midland light orchestra from the south side of'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.