Petticoat Lane Market, East London. The street is very crowded, populated predominantly by men. In front of the shops that line the street are a series of market stalls. A few men stand on a platform; one holds up waistcoats to sell to the crowd. Along the street there is a 'soda milk' stall and a few clothes stalls.

Crowds fill the road and pavement. One man stands on a platform, evidently an auctioneer, with a hammer in his hand. Beside him is a sign for watches. Another man shouts vigorously from his stall, standing above the crowd. In a narrow street, a woman stands at a clothes stall as a man holds up trousers to passing customers. Men lift their hats and wave. At the other side of the narrow street, another woman sells clothes. Elsewhere a man shuffles cards at his stall as others watch.