Stick seller, Cries of London fourth Interior view of Gray's Inn

Interior view of Gray's Inn Hall

A fat alderman with an elaborate wig strolls with a woman

by the side of the quay holding up a basket of mackerel

To the left is a portrait of Anacreon

Stick seller, Cries of London fourth Interior view of Gray's InnStick seller, 1760. A ragged stick seller and two background views; to the left a woman is holding a stick over her kneeling husband and twisting his nose, and to the right a husband is beating his wife with a stick he has presumably just purchased from the stick seller. The text below suggests wife beating and clothes cleaning as two uses of the stick. From Cries of London, 1760.