Title
'Water Cresses, come buy my Water Cresses', plate V of Cries of London, 1799. Artist: H Merke
Caption
'Water Cresses, come buy my Water Cresses'. An old man stands at the door of a brothel at the corner of Portland Street, with two prostitutes leaning out of a first floor window. He scowls at a woman who is holding out a bunch of watercress to him. A small girl also offers him a bunch. Plate V of Cries of London, 1799.
Date
1799
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives
Reference
HRM19A93_451
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
49,9Mb (4,8Mb) / 11,8in x 16,5in / 3532 x 4940 (300dpi)