Plate 11 of Wheatley's Cries of London. This plate shows a ballad seller with strip ballads, selling her wares to two men on the sidewalk beside a building with two large columns; around them are two women, one holding a child, and a small boy feeding a dog
Alternative Title:
Chanson nouvelles deux sols le livret
Description:
Title from item., With the imprint statement: London Pubd, as the Act directs 1st. March 1796 by Colnaghi & Co. (late Torres) No. 127 Pall Mall., and Engraved after Francis Wheatley, who first exhibited his series of oil paintings depicting London street-sellers at the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1795.
Subject (Topic):
Copperplates, Ballads, Dogs, Infants, Mothers, and Street vendors
"A tall thin man pushing a one-wheeled cart with puddings on the top, with a flag and dog."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grande machine d'Italie qui cuit des gateaux en marchant
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Printmaker and publication information from first plate in series., Seventh plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., Plate numbered "7" beneath lower right corner of image., and Temporary local subject terms: Pudding vendors.
Publisher:
F. Vivarez and by P. Sandby
Subject (Topic):
Street vendors, Food vendors, Baked products, Carts & wagons, Flags, and Dogs
"A ragged girl with a basket of mackerel confronts a woman at the front door of a respectable house; at their feet a dog and cat snarl at each other; lower right, the shadow of two unseen men watching the scene; in the background, a shop sign showing the traditional image of 'A man loaded with mischief'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Maquereaux, maquereaux monsieur, madame en voulez vous des maquereaux
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Printmaker and publication information from first plate in series., Eighth plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., and Plate numbered "8" beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
F. Vivarez and by P. Sandby
Subject (Topic):
Street vendors, Fishmongers, Baskets, Dogs, and Cats