2-791-372 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Smithfield Cattle Market, at Christmas, 1844. Farm animals for sale at Smithfield in the City of London. 'As might be expected from the fine frosts experienced for some time past, and the consequent favourable state of the weather for slaughtering, the graziers were tolerably certain of realising more remunerating prices for the stock, especially the beasts, than we have reported for a lengthened period'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.