Title

'Billingsgate Fish Market', 1808, (1944). Creators: Thomas Rowlandson, Augustus Charles Pugin.

Caption

'Billingsgate Fish Market', 1808, (1944). View of the 'old' open-air fish market on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London. Fresh fish was landed and sold directly on the dockside. The market opened at 4 o'clock each morning, attracting all-night revellers, and was famous for the coarse language used by the female workers - two women can be seen fighting in the foreground. Previously published in "Microcosm of London". From "The English At Table", by John Hampson. [William Collins, London, 1944]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1944

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D56_131

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,7Mb (1,7Mb) / 12,9in x 9,9in / 3858 x 2964 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river England River Thames Thames crowd boat boats arts industry market trade book ship ships geography color fighting wharf docks dock location century horse drawn city of london literature 1940s publication Forties road Transport Colour shipping Industry 19th century water transport rowdy 20th century nineteenth century The Print Collector Billingsgate Billingsgate Market Billinsgate decade geographical feature horse-drawn vehicle TGN aquatint landscape horsedrawn Augustus Charles Pugin Thomas Rowlandson John Simpson Rowlandson Thomas Pugin Augustus Charles Microcosm of London The English At Table John Hampson John Frederick Norman Hampson Simpson Hampson John Frederick Norman Hampson John Hampson aquatint landscape