Billingsgate fish market in London. Workers and traders, porters and costermongers, unload freshly arrived fish from the boats at dawn and carry the heavy wicker baskets on their heads up the stairs to the market building, illustration, reproduction from a 19th-century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical
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Billingsgate fish market in London. Workers and traders, porters and costermongers, unload freshly arrived fish from the boats at dawn and carry the heavy wicker baskets on their heads up the stairs to the market building, illustration, reproduction from a 19th-century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical

Date

Jun 01, 2026

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

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BRK26H75_433

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No

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No

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Royalty free

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117.7Mb (39.2Mb) / 19.1in x 23.9in / 5740 x 7168 (300dpi)

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