Every man has his price - Sir Rt Walpole, Market day, Sic itur ad astra Size:S: 60 x 45cm left funds in his will

left funds in his will for the extension of the almshouses after he died in 1719

wooden beams in the roof

George Bellas Greenough (1778-1855)

van Dun was a Yeoman of the Guard to Henry VIII

View with figures in the street and Westminster Abbey in the distance

Every man has his price - Sir Rt Walpole, Market day, Sic itur ad astra Size:S: 60 x 45cm left funds in his will'Every man has his price Sir Rt Walpole, Market day, Sic itur ad astra', 1788. Smithfield Market cattle pens, at the corner of Smithfield and Cow Lane, filled with cattle with the faces of peers. In the background there is a pawn shop and the Crown Tavern. On the right the market bell is being rung by a man with a cynical smile.