Markets Collection (page 5)

The Butcher (colour litho)
8650406 The Butcher (colour litho) by Pletsch, Oskar (1830-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Butcher. Illustration for Buttercups)

Votaries of the Weed No 35 (colour litho)
8660525 Votaries of the Weed No 35 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 35. Then there is the enthusiast)

Going to market (coloured photo)
8649154 Going to market (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Going to market)

Petticoat Lane (litho)
8663023 Petticoat Lane (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Petticoat Lane. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Our Countryside, 1938: Gathering Narcissi (b/w photo)
8671488 Our Countryside, 1938: Gathering Narcissi (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gathering Narcissi)

The Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London (engraving)
8677169 The Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London)

Les Halles and the Church of St Eustache, Paris (chromolitho)
8677477 Les Halles and the Church of St Eustache, Paris (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Market of Les Halles and the Church of St Eustache, Paris)

Arrival of the fish at the Paris Fish Market, France (engraving)
8677101 Arrival of the fish at the Paris Fish Market, France (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arrival of the fish at the Paris Fish Market, France)

Street market in north London (litho)
8672098 Street market in north London (litho) by Davis, Lucien (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Street market in north London)

Proposed dead meat and poultry market, West Smithfield, London (engraving)
8676316 Proposed dead meat and poultry market, West Smithfield, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Proposed dead meat and poultry market)

Sunday morning on Petticoat Lane, London (engraving)
8676422 Sunday morning on Petticoat Lane, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sunday morning on Petticoat Lane, London)

The legume dealer
DUV4217139 The legume dealer; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon.

Germany, Hamburg, 1850s (engraving)
UTD4917252 Germany, Hamburg, 1850s (engraving); (add.info.: Germany, Hamburg, original page and original text : " Der Schaarmarkt in Hamburg " , in the background St)

View of the Flower Market in Paris, Ile de la Cite Paris 1905 (b/w photo)
ELD4938628 View of the Flower Market in Paris, Ile de la Cite Paris 1905 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of the Flower Market in Paris)

The failure of the South Sea Company
3586525 The failure of the South Sea Company; (add.info.: Dutch satirical engraving on the failure of the South Sea Company, Mississippi Company, and bubble schemes of John Law and others)

Lady Caroline Lamb and King George IV's mistress Marchioness of Conyngham arguing with a foul-mouthed fish wife at
FLO4618931 Lady Caroline Lamb and King George IV's mistress Marchioness of Conyngham arguing with a foul-mouthed fish wife at Billingsgate fish market

Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market, 1850
3331122 Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Wensleydale knitters, 1850
3480171 The Wensleydale knitters, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Wensleydale knitters at Hawes; Yorkshire. Everyone can be seen knitting; even while walking to the market)

Market garden labourers, 1850 (engraving)
3478379 Market garden labourers, 1850 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting market garden labourers enjoying a drink and a smoke after work)

Chinese merchants selling local products to rich Western tourists at the Wagon Lits Hotel in Beijing, China
AIS5377928 Chinese merchants selling local products to rich Western tourists at the Wagon Lits Hotel in Beijing, China, 1913 (illustration); © Iberfoto.

Market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, around 1900, bird shop (photo)
PCT4256526 Market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, around 1900, bird shop (photo); 4 x 4 cm; © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2023.

Khan El Khalili bazaar, Cairo, c.1910 (b/w photo)
7292984 Khan El Khalili bazaar, Cairo, c.1910 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Geography. Egypt. Khan El Khalili bazaar, Cairo. Photo, Egypt, ca 1910.); Photo: © Archives Charmet.

A maid, c.1860 (print)
7293400 A maid, c.1860 (print); (add.info.: Society. Economy. Young maid shop for her employer, at the market. Imagery, Epinal, France, ca 1860.); Photo: © Archives Charmet.

Khan El Khalili bazaar, Cairo, c.1910 (photo)
7293079 Khan El Khalili bazaar, Cairo, c.1910 (photo); (add.info.: Geography. Egypt. Khan El Khalili bazaar, Cairo. Photo, Egypt, ca 1910.); Photo: © Archives Charmet.

Jean Vigier, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4835158 Jean Vigier, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: The dedication of Jean Vigier, stopping his studies to work and take care of his old and sick mother)

Meat traders and butchers at the cattle market of la Villette, Paris, 1890 (engraving)
ELD4836759 Meat traders and butchers at the cattle market of la Villette, Paris, 1890 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Merchants at the Halles market in Paris, 1893 (engraving)
ELD4835560 Merchants at the Halles market in Paris, 1893 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merchants at the Halles market in Paris - Engraving in "Promenades a Paris" by Alexis)

Economy. A fair in the region of Champagne, c.1400, with the trader Cosimo de Medicis. Imagery, France, c.1900 (print)
3433715 Economy. A fair in the region of Champagne, c.1400, with the trader Cosimo de Medicis. Imagery, France, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: Economie. Imagerie, France, debut 20eme. Coll. Part)

Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market, 1850
3331120 Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Tunisia, Maghreb, Bizerte: Old Arab city, c.1900 (photo)
LUX4765697 Tunisia, Maghreb, Bizerte: Old Arab city, c.1900 (photo); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

The Fish market, Rotterdam, Netherlands
3586581 The Fish market, Rotterdam, Netherlands; (add.info.: Photomechanical print dated to 1900, depicting the Fish market, Rotterdam.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Germany, Hamburg, 1866 (engraving)
UTD4920428 Germany, Hamburg, 1866 (engraving); (add.info.: Germany, Hamburg, original text : the Zeughausmarkt (market place) and the new Millerntor (town gate) in the year 1700

Pottery workshop and woman carrying vessels to market, 1828
3480388 Pottery workshop and woman carrying vessels to market, 1828; (add.info.: Pottery workshop and woman carrying vessels to market, India, early 19th Century)

She speaks yet she says nothing, what of that? Her eye discourses (colour litho)
8677207 She speaks yet she says nothing, what of that? Her eye discourses (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: She speaks yet she says nothing, what of that)

Selling bric-a-brac, Caledonian Market, London (b/w photo)
8676193 Selling bric-a-brac, Caledonian Market, London (b/w photo) by Cohen-Portheim, Paul (1880-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Selling bric-a-brac, Caledonian Market, London)

Livestock market, Hailsham, Sussex, late 19th Century (b/w photo)
8676045 Livestock market, Hailsham, Sussex, late 19th Century (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Livestock market, Hailsham, Sussex)

Votaries of the Weed No 6 (colour litho)
8660496 Votaries of the Weed No 6 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 6)

Humorous cat postcard (colour litho)
8643329 Humorous cat postcard (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humorous cat postcard)

The shearing of the flock, young ladies induced to part with their hair for the Pope's sake (engraving)
8643242 The shearing of the flock, young ladies induced to part with their hair for the Pope's sake (engraving) by English School

Jersey, Chanel Islands: The Market, St Heliers (litho)
8640418 Jersey, Chanel Islands: The Market, St Heliers (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Market, St Heliers)

Mansion, Mantel, Marble, Marbles, Market, Marmot, Marriage, Marten, Martin, Martyr, Mason, Mastiff (engraving)
8650062 Mansion, Mantel, Marble, Marbles, Market, Marmot, Marriage, Marten, Martin, Martyr, Mason, Mastiff (engraving) by German School

Speculators on the "Corner," Ballarat (engraving)
8647940 Speculators on the "Corner," Ballarat (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Speculators on the "Corner," Ballarat. Victoria)

Fishmonger's stall in Berlin Central Market (b/w photo)
8663754 Fishmonger's stall in Berlin Central Market (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishmonger's stall in Berlin Central Market, Germany)

London: Old Smithfield (engraving)
8629672 London: Old Smithfield (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Smithfield)

Crawford Market, Bombay, India, 1900s (postcard)
7379784 Crawford Market, Bombay, India, 1900s (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: now Jyotiba Phule Market); © Ajay Goyal/Dinodia Photo.

Germany, Hamburg, 1850s (engraving)
UTD4917214 Germany, Hamburg, 1850s (engraving); (add.info.: Germany, Hamburg, original page and original text : " Die Judenboerse in Hamburg " (the stock market for jews in Hamburg)

Art. Entertainment. Fair show: Gros Jean's daughter lost. Poster, France, c.1705 (poster)
3434583 Art. Entertainment. Fair show: Gros Jean's daughter lost. Poster, France, c.1705 (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertainment)

Women cleaning and sorting strawberries for market, 1885
3478822 Women cleaning and sorting strawberries for market, 1885; (add.info.: Kent, England, 1885. Women cleaning and sorting strawberries for market.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

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Markets have always been vibrant and bustling hubs of activity, where people gather to explore and indulge in a sensory feast. From the enchanting Pragues Old Town Square Christmas Market viewed from the Astronomical Clock during winter's embrace, to the lively Portobello Market in the swinging 1960s, markets offer a glimpse into different eras and cultures. In Marrakech, Morocco, The Souq entices visitors with its Moroccan silver teapot & glasses, showcasing exquisite craftsmanship that reflects the country's rich heritage. Meanwhile, Smithfield Market stands as a testament to Britain's trading history, with its enduring presence throughout time. Petticoat Lane takes us back to the 1940s when Londoners flocked there for their shopping needs amidst wartime challenges. Haymarket in Sheffield captures a moment frozen in 1937 - a snapshot of daily life as locals peruse fresh produce and goods. The Three cockle women of Pembrokeshire stand proudly at their market stall in South Wales, representing generations of hardworking individuals who sustain local economies. Burnham Market's black-and-white photo transports us back to Norfolk's past while evoking nostalgia for simpler times. Seaton Market bids farewell on its last day in 1966; an endearing reminder that even beloved institutions must adapt or make way for new beginnings. Finally, Istanbul's Spice Bazaar tantalizes our senses with aromatic spices neatly arranged at every turn – an exotic treasure trove within Europe itself. Whether it is exploring historical landmarks like Prague or immersing oneself in cultural experiences like Marrakech or Istanbul, markets hold endless allure, and are not just places to buy and sell; they are living reflections of society’s past and present – vibrant tapestries woven by diverse communities coming together under one roof.