The London begger Le gueux de Londres = La pouera di Londra / [graphic] =

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Title: The London begger Le gueux de Londres = La pouera di Londra / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: London beggar
Gueux de Londres
Pouera di Londra
Creator: Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, printmaker
Contributor: Laroon, Marcellus, 1653-1702, artist.
Published / Created: [1733]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Description: Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image.
Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern.
'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram.
Imprint from title page.
No. 69 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733.
Number "69" etched in lower right corner.
Unidentified manuscript note and number (in another hand) on verso, giving detailed histories of the people depicted.
Provenance: Gulston sale, 1786, p. 30, lot 38? Fraser sale, Christie, Manson & Woods 4 December 1900. C.W. Dyson Perrins sale, lot 110, Sotheby's 11 June 1959. With Fraser's ownership stamp. H.W. Edwards; February 1962.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.8 x 16.2 cm
Language: English
French
Italian

Genre: Cries
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Engravings England 1733
Material: engraving ;
Subject (Topic): Street vendors
Subjects: Street vendors
18th century
England > 1733
Gulston, Joseph, 1745-1786 > Ownership
Fraser, William, Sir, 1826-1898 > Stamp

Access: Public
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