Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London Product:Fine art poster 'Selling a wife'

'Selling a wife'

holding a bowl

It incorporates a view of Crown Life Assurance Company's premises and a small plan of the surrounding area

disputes the fare with two passengers in a doorway

Admiral John Jervis

Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London Product:Fine art poster 'Selling a wife'Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London, c1930. The dock was built between 1850 and 1855 on an area of Plaistow Marshes. It was the first London dock to be built specifically to handle large steamships and the first to be connected to the national rail network.