A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Product:Postcard View of Cannon Street and

View of Cannon Street and Budge Row with street scene

This meant that the crinoline was gradually replaced with the crinolette

View of Oxford and Cambridge University Club

This is a satire on the Westminster election

Queen Consort of George IV

A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Product:Postcard View of Cannon Street andA wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, 1816. A woman stands with a rope round her neck, like an animal; Smithfield is a cattle market. A man presumably her husband holds the rope. Another man chucks her under the chin. People have assembled for the spectacle, and dogs and small boys enjoy the excitement. A publican stands outside his tavern in his apron to watch.