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Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 4 February 1786]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A sketch of fish-wives with their baskets ranged on the pavement (left); behind are the masts and sails of vessels in Billingsgate dock. Facing them is an irate customer with a gouty leg, a fish-wife (right) fastens a flat fish to his wig, while a sm...
Alternative Title:: Billingsgate
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Billingsgate Ward (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Gout, Fishmongers, Women, Obesity, Piers & wharves, Alcoholic beverages, Intoxication, and Vomiting
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Billinsgate [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 18 September 1810]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 11
Collection Title:: V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Seven enormously fat and brawny Irishwomen approach (right to left) the quayside at Billingsgate, below which are fishing-smacks. All carry baskets on their heads, two smoke pipes. An eighth woman, also smoking, sits on a low stool on the extreme lef...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Baskets, Fish, Fishing boats, Fishmongers, Piers & wharves, and Street vendors
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Procession of the cod company from St. Giles's to Billingsgate [graphic]