Hindley gathers the street calls of London from medieval ballads to his own day: the hot-pie man in Hogarth’s prints, milkmaids, water-carriers, sellers of lavender and oranges, chimney sweeps and the patterers who bawled “last dying speeches” outside Newgate. Old verses, broadsides and anecdotes are illustrated with woodcuts by Thomas and John Bewick.
A lively scrapbook of London street life for anyone who loves the city’s history. Download the free EPUB.