Title

Pearly family in their donkey-drawn 'moke', London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish

Caption

Pearly family in their donkey-drawn 'moke', London, 1926-1927. Cockney 'Pearly kings' (originally costermongers - fruit and vegetable sellers), wore suits covered in mother-of-pearl buttons. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1926

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C39_270

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,4Mb (2,7Mb) / 18,0in x 10,9in / 5386 x 3269 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation city animal London England female women woman people male girl girls job man men hat family daughter suit marriage guy costume occupation shell clothes British traditional tradition dress traditional costume cart location century Britain profession donkey lady concept typical wife husband twenties B&W MONOCHROME road Transport mother-of-pearl black & white black and white B W 1920s 20th century The Print Collector Cockney costermonger Londoner pearly king pearly queen photogravure TGN traditional dress moke photograph portrait John Arthur St John Adcock Adcock Arthur St John John Adcock McLeish Arthur St John Adcock photograph portrait