from Ackermann’s ‘Microcosm of London, an exterior view of what was at that time the largest fish market in the world, and remains now the UK’s biggest inland market, it developed in the south east corner of the City, off Lower Thames Street, in the 16th and 17th century, eventually becoming formally established by an act of parliament in 1699, though it has latterly moved further east to Poplar,
original hand-coloured engraving, with aquatint by John Bluck, 235 x 275 mm. (9 1/4 x 10 3/4 in), slight marginal browning,