'The Oysterman', 1872. Oysters, seen as a luxury food today, were more widely eaten in earlier centuries. From, "LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co., 72-78, Turnmill Street, , 1872].

---

Size: 3708px × 4478px
Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, 19th, apron, aquatic, arts, black, blanchard, book, britain, british, bw, century, christophe, class, clothes, clothing, collector, concept, country, day, dore, dorÚ, doré, dress, england, english, engraving, exterior, female, furniture, grant, gustave, guy, hat, historic, jerrold, job, kingdom, life, literature, location, london, louis, male, man, market, men, nineteenth, occupation, outdoors, oyster, paul, people, pilgrimage, portrait, print, profession, sell, seller, selling, shellfish, social, stall, table, tables, tasting, tgn, top, tophat, trade, united, victorian, white, william, woman, working, working-class