People bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London Size:M: 75 x 50cm A man - presumably her

A man - presumably her husband - holds the rope

She doesn't seem unduly concerned at the prospect of being sold and stands with her legs apart

Brick-dust seller with his horse in Portman Square

possibly a view of the long vanished toll gate in Court Lane

conveying the idea

People bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London Size:M: 75 x 50cm A man - presumably herPeople bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London, 1825. Child chimney sweeps covered in soot ride a donkey. A white horse panics and runs towards a disreputable character extolling the merits of his property to a gullible punter. A street seller serves customers, right.