The Cheap Fish of St. Giles's c.1877 Size:small Paul's Church and Covent Garden

Paul's Church and Covent Garden market

while pictures of street-side galleries place London's art scene within an ever-expanding cosmopolitan world

Mrs Mukerjea and Mrs Bhola Nauth marched in the Empire Pageant section of the procession along with representatives from New Zealand

shops and restaurants

bird's eye view of a busy street at Cheapside

The Cheap Fish of St. Giles's c.1877 Size:small Paul's Church and Covent GardenThe cheap fish of St. Giles's. The Victorian (street) fish seller, or costermonger, supplied fish at very low prices, the fish was then delivered door to door. This photograph shows a costermonger with group of his customers at St. Giles's in about 1877. The image is taken from a series of 37 photographs published in the book, 'Street Life in London' (1877), with text written by John Thomson and the journalist Adolphe Smith. After taking photographs