Columbia market 1872 Size:large while the proprietress is washing

while the proprietress is washing up

The writer John Evelyn described London as 'this Glorious and Antient City…so full of Stink and Darknesse' in his Fumifugium of 1661

The work was back-breakingly hard

burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories

A waiter carries a tankard and bowl towards the gentlemen diners at their table

Columbia market 1872 Size:large while the proprietress is washingAn illustration of Columbia market from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor, 1872. Columbia Market in Bethnal Green was built by the philanthropist, Angela Burdett Coutts. Jerrold writes that it was intended to 'bring cheap and good food within the reach of those who could least afford to be cheated of a farthing's worth. And so in 1868, under liberal regulations unknown in the old markets, the spacious avenues of a fine