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This scene shows a bustling trading day at the Fish, Potato and Oat Market. The market was reached by a narrow passage off High Street near to the Swan Tavern (shown on the right of the picture). Traders are selling fish from stalls and oysters from baskets. The Tavern was ‘noted for good home-brewed beer. It was a great resort at lunch time for the tradesmen, who enjoyed their glass, with cakes, oysters, or cockles’. It was demolished in 1834 during the building of Queen Street.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Exeter
Title
The Old Fish and Potatoe Market Exeter
Date
1820
Medium
watercolour & gouache on paper
Measurements
H 27.8 x W 41.8 cm
Accession number
87/1928
Work type
Watercolour
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Queen Street, Exeter, Devon EX4 3RX England
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