Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Product:Postcard The Egyptian Room

The Egyptian Room

View of the building of late sixteenth century style known as the mansion of Sir Richard (Dick) Whittington in Hart Street

A milkmaid

Also depicting a horse drawn carriage

Kensington Gardens and the Royal Albert Hall in the distance

Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Product:Postcard The Egyptian RoomWife 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