Knives, scissars and razors to grind Couteaux, ciseaux, rasoirs a repasser / [graphic] =

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Title: Knives, scissars and razors to grind Couteaux, ciseaux, rasoirs a repasser / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Knives, scissors and razors to grind
Couteaux, ciseaux, rasoirs a repasser
Creator: Vendramini, Giovanni, 1769-1839, printmaker
Contributor: Wheatley, Francis, 1747-1801, artist.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. as the act directs Jan. 1, 1795, by Colnaghi & Co., No. 132 Pall Mall
Abstract: Two women stand before a knife grinder and his cart equipped with a grinding wheel, on the sidewalk before an open door and under a street lamp. The woman closest to the viewer hands him a pair of scissors while the other looks on. In the background on the right, a woman carrying a baby on her back walks away from the scene
Description: Titles in English and French below image, engraved on either side of series title.
Engraved after Francis Wheatley, who first exhibited his series of oil paintings depicting London street-sellers at the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1795.
Provenance: Donald A. Heald; April 2023.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 41.3 x 33 cm, on sheet 42.6 x 34 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French