Miseries of human life, Smithfield Market, London mb-code 1237861 Men discuss business and look

Men discuss business and look at the latest financial figures under a vaulted colonnade

from bomb damage sustained in 1942 during World War Two

showing men studying the Gazette Extraordinary while others appear to be taking notes from a blackboard

carriages and riders move up and down the street

A skating scene with children and a dog on a frozen pond

Miseries of human life, Smithfield Market, London mb-code 1237861 Men discuss business and look'Miseries of human life', London, c1800; a citizen in Smithfield Market finds himself between two enraged bulls, while alarmed drovers shout and wave sticks to warn him off. The caption refers to dance steps indulged in by the citizen to avoid injury.