Title

'Sprats Alive O!', Cries of London, c1840. Artist: TH Jones

Caption

'Sprats Alive O!' A boy buys from two sprat sellers who display their produce in two large baskets placed on the floor. From Cries of London, c1840.

Date

1840

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A94_147

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,8Mb) / 14,5in x 13,3in / 4363 x 3999 (300dpi)

Keywords

London England female women woman people job fish sell selling market trade occupation basket color colour buying advertising century seller customer profession counting lady concept fish out of water metaphor street seller aquatic life packed like sardines 19th century nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery a fishy business Cries of London fish seller fish wife sprat sprat seller street cry street trader TGN lithograph TH Jones;Jones TH TH Jones Jones TH