No food in the next artwork, sometimes markets were used for other occasions…
Thomas Rowlandson
(1757 - 1827)
Thomas Rowlandson was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and political satires, as well as a large number of illustrations for novels, humorous books, and topographical works. Like other caricaturists of his age such as James Gillray, his caricatures are often robust or bawdy. Rowlandson also produced highly explicit erotica for a private clientele; this was never published publicly at the time and is now only found in a small number of collections. His caricatures included those of people in power such as the Duchess of Devonshire, William Pitt the Younger and Napoleon Bonaparte.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rowlandson
Covent Garden Market
1808
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Plate 23 × 24.3 cm,
The MET (among others)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/744268
This print records temporary wooden stands erected outside St.Paul's Church in Covent Garden Market to allow politicians running for Parliament in the Westminster election to address voters. On this occasion a large crowd has gathered, carrying banners and spilling out into the square, with some figures perched on a roof at right to listen to a speaker.
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