'Oyster boats at Billingsgate'

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Oyster boats at Billingsgate in the early 19th century, with a peter boat and hatch boat to left and right (captioned beneath each 'Peter-boat' and 'Hatch boat'). Billingsgate Fish Market was the City's main place to buy seafood of all descriptions. This is a print from Cooke's 'Shipping and Craft' (1829).

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Object Details

ID:	PAI5964
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Cooke, Edward William
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 267 x 377 mm; Plate: 166 x 205 mm