Billingsgate Market London 1808 Ackermann's Microcosm of London 1808-1811 by Thomas Rowlandson at Lyons The print shows two ships in dock, with people on the quay buying and selling fish, carrying baskets on their heads, arguing, falling over, herding laden donkeys and driving carriages. In the foreground a dog eats some fallen fish and a man administers tea to a woman who has collapsed on the ground.