Clerkenwell is an area in central (London, England), in the modern borough of Islington. Clerkenwell is named after the Clerks' Well in Farringdon Lane, and in the Elizabethan era was a site of general debauchery and a notorious brothel quarter due to its location outside of the City of London walls. During the Industrial Revolution, Clerkenwell became a centre for breweries, distilleries, printing and manufacturing. Clerkenwell has also been associated with radicalism, including the Chartists movement of the 19th century. In Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Clerkenwell Green, a square without any actual greenery, is the setting of the market where Fagin and the Artful Dodger force Oliver to pickpocket shoppers.

In London Labour and the London Poor:

Watercress Girl. (1)

Of Groundsel and Chickweed Sellers. (1)

Of the Publishers and Authors of Street-Literature. (1)

 Of a Blind Female Seller of “Small-Wares.” (1)

 OF THE WOMEN STREET-SELLERS.(1)

 Of Two Runaway Street-Boys.(1)

 Of the Street Sellers of Live Birds. (2)

 Of the Trades and Localities of the Street-Jews. (2)