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and holding out a pair of spectacles

a Famous Westler'

Master of the Salters' Company and Colonel of a regiment of the East London Militia

1834 housing the Assembly Rooms Tavern

carrying a basket filled with the herb

A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London mb-width 3510 and holding out a pairA wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, 1816. A woman stands with a rope round her neck, like an animal; Smithfield is a cattle market. A man presumably her husband holds the rope. Another man chucks her under the chin. People have assembled for the spectacle, and dogs and small boys enjoy the excitement. A publican stands outside his tavern in his apron to watch.