High Street (11 o'clock)

James Boswell's print depicts the shops and market stalls in Leather Lane, Holborn, where there has been a market for over 300 years.

By the 1930s, when this print is dated, Leather Lane market sold goods, ranging from fruit and vegetables to household items. A number of shops and practices can be seen here, including a milliner and a dentist, as well as street vendors and goods vans, including a fishmongers and 'Jill's Pantry'. Passers-by include well-dressed men and women, one of whom is pushing a pram.

New Zealand-born Boswell moved to London in 1925 where he remained until his death. He worked commercially as a graphic designer and cartoonist.

Boswell had strong left-wing views and was an active member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Artists International Association. The association, which was founded in 1933, saw art as a weapon in the fight for a better society. Its slogan was: 'Conservative in art and radical in politics'.