Taxi Rank

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At first I thought that one of these top-hatted figure on the left was reaching into his inner coat pocket to pay his fare for a Hanson cab ride into town.

taxi rank

It’s a small detail in a photograph of the top end of Westgate, Wakefield, taken, I guess in late Victorian times.

cabman's shelter

They’re standing by the cabmen’s shelter. My thanks to Graham Cass for posting the photograph on the Wakefield Historical Appreciation Facebook page.

Drawn in Clip Studio Paint on my iPad Pro using the Real G-Pen, the Lasso Fill Tool and a bit of virtual Charcoal.

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