Description

The child holds a hoop and one of the women shades herself with a parasol

View of the King's Cross Theatre

St Peter's Alley

The building was later renamed Belvedere Tavern

The modern tradesman, or the glories of British commerce vestibule The child holds a hoop'The modern tradesman, or the glories of British commerce', 1774. A busy street scene, looking down Crown Court from Cheapside. The general theme is the downfall of City businessmen, and the print is a satire on the distress and financial failures of 1773 1774.

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