‘Market at Covent Garden’ by Pieter Angillis, circa. 1726
Things to spot:
Watermelons for sale
A man balancing a tower of baskets on his head for the amusement of onlookers.
A foppish, well-dressed gentleman conversing with two nicely dressed ladies.
Market good being lifted off a cart in baskets.
A man on horseback playing a flute.
Three gentlemen drinking an alcoholic beverage, served by one of them from a large jug. All three men are shabbily dressed but one of them wears a blue velvet coat, probably bought second-hand.
A lady making and selling pancakes. Two children dip their fingers in the mixture, whilst the pancake seller’s husband sleeps soundly at her feet.
This photograph shows the buildings along Gatehead’s riverside by the High Level Bridge, 1879. The River Tyne in the foreground is at low tide with boats on the shore. | src Newcastle City Library Photographic Collection
if it happened at all, it happened like that 