Knives, scissars and razors to grind Couteaux, ciseaux, rasoirs a repasser / [graphic] =Vendramini, Giovanni, 1769-1839, printmaker[1 January 1795]engfreTwo 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 sceneTitles 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.