Jonathan's Coffee House, London mb-artist Joseph_William_Swynnerton A rowdy scene at Smithfield

A rowdy scene at Smithfield cattle market with the wife for sale tied by a rope around her waist to a rail in the centre

Both of the women are wearing high waisted muslin dresses

Robert Waithman and Sir William Curtis forcibly removing prostitutes from the streets of the City and placing them on a cart

'The Regent's Hack'

Jonathan's Coffee House, London mb-artist Joseph_William_Swynnerton A rowdy scene at SmithfieldJonathan's Coffee House, London, 1763. 'Jonathan's Coffee House, or an analysis of Change Alley, with a group of characters from the life'. Foreigners discuss business in Jonathan's Coffee House; Britannia swoons on the left and a devil views the scene with glee on right.