'Water Cresses, come buy my Water Cresses', plate V of Cries of London, 1799. Artist: H Merke
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

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