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The Stocks Market,
£425The Stocks Market,
A mounted and gilt framed engracing depicting the Stocks Market in the City of London by Henry Fletcher after the painting by Joseph Nicholls. The Stocks Market existed between 1282 and 1737 on the current site of the Mansion House and has given it's name to the Bourses of the English speaking world. The statue, of Charles II trampling Oliver Cromwell underoot was the subject of a satirical verse from the pen of Andrew Marvell: "But a market, as some say, doth fit the King well, Who the Parliament too — and revenue doth sell; And others, to make the similitude hold. Say his Majesty too — is oft purchased and sold."£425 -
Seven Shilling Pieces
£200Seven Shilling Pieces
A hand coloured Georgian satire on the cost of female companionship at the Covent Garden Opera. Two courtesans fashionably dressed in the style of the period are shown arm-in-arm, walking along a pavement. One (right) holds up an open sunshade and a card inscribed 'Miss Oldprice Covent Garden'.£200