Lot Essay
These are plates from Thomson's series which was first published in parts as Street Life in London. See also lot 57.
Titles are as follows: 'Strawberries. All Ripe. All Ripe'; 'A Convict's Home'; 'Covent Garden Labourers'; 'Halfpenny Ices'; 'November Effigies'; 'Cheap fish of St. Giles's'; 'The Water-Cart'; 'Cast-Iron Billy'; 'Workers on the Silent Highway'; 'The Independent Shoe-Black'; 'Old Furniture'; 'Flying Dustmen'; 'The Seller of Shell-Fish'; 'The Street Locksmith'; 'Italian Street Musicians'; 'Mush-Fakers and Ginger-Beer Makers'; 'Hookey Alf of Whitechapel'; 'The London Boardmen'; 'Black Jack'; 'The Wall Worker'.
Titles are as follows: 'Strawberries. All Ripe. All Ripe'; 'A Convict's Home'; 'Covent Garden Labourers'; 'Halfpenny Ices'; 'November Effigies'; 'Cheap fish of St. Giles's'; 'The Water-Cart'; 'Cast-Iron Billy'; 'Workers on the Silent Highway'; 'The Independent Shoe-Black'; 'Old Furniture'; 'Flying Dustmen'; 'The Seller of Shell-Fish'; 'The Street Locksmith'; 'Italian Street Musicians'; 'Mush-Fakers and Ginger-Beer Makers'; 'Hookey Alf of Whitechapel'; 'The London Boardmen'; 'Black Jack'; 'The Wall Worker'.