Both Sides of the Question Size:M: 50 x 40cm showing the traders with their

showing the traders with their wares in the street and in horse-drawn carts

A pot seller on the right leans over to take a better look at the car

View from the water

Interior view of Crystal Palace during the Great Exhibition at Hyde Park

Both Sides of the Question Size:M: 50 x 40cm showing the traders with their'Both Sides of the Question', 1871. The tradesman has his pint pot of beer to hand. Beer was the staple tipple of manual labourers and was often not considered to be dangerous by the temperance movement in the same way that spirits were. However, the drinking habits of the lower classes was subject to a great deal of discussion and argument during the 1860s and 1870s. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21, 1871.