A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Product:Postcard Half-length portrait of a confident-looking

Half-length portrait of a confident-looking man in spectacles

This is a satire on the Westminster election

also known as 'Bloody McKenzie'

Queen Consort of George IV

A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London Product:Postcard Half-length portrait of a confident-lookingA wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, 1816. A woman stands with a rope round her neck, like an animal; Smithfield is a cattle market. A man presumably her husband holds the rope. Another man chucks her under the chin. People have assembled for the spectacle, and dogs and small boys enjoy the excitement. A publican stands outside his tavern in his apron to watch.