"On the pavement outside a pawnshop are a man selling pamphlets and a woman with household goods tied up in two handkerchiefs. The man is a ragged shambling scarecrow, tall and thin, with a battered top-hat, shock of hair, and huge whiskers (signs of ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 10th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Peddlers, Pawnshops, Storefronts, Doors & doorways, and Show windows
publishd. according to act of Parliament the 30 Octobr. 1777.
Call Number:
777.10.30.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A print showing the front elevation of a brothel, with a sign over the door "Young Ladies Educated & Board." At the threshold of the establishment, the brothel keeper (possibly Charlotte Hayes) stands at the front door talking with a young man who hol...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Hayes, Charlotte, 1725-1813, and O’Kelly, Dennis, 1725-1787,
Benjamin Holbrook, shown full-length in profile, walking to the left, holding with a long white staff in his right hand, clutching two memorandum books in his left hand, heading towards Fleet Market, with the west front of St. Paul’s Cathedral visible...
Description:
Title from ink inscription in lower left portion of image.
Subject (Name):
Holbrook, Benjamin, active 1783, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Blind persons, Staffs (Sticks), and Stationery
"A young woman shown half-length to right with her back to the viewer, wearing a spotted neckerchief and a straw hat over her cap, looking over her shoulder towards the viewer, holding a basket over her arm and holding up three fruits; in an oval."--B...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Baskets, Fruit, Peddlers, and Food vendors
"Street scene. The showman (right) stands in profile to the right looking up at Punch and Judy who perform on their tiny stage, the supports of which are covered by a checked material. A monkey wearing a cocked hat and coat stands on his shoulder and ...
Alternative Title:
Punch's puppet show
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Criminals, Crowds, Dogs, Milkmen, Monkeys, Organ grinders, Peddlers, Puppet shows, Spectators, and Street vendors
Volume 1, page 68. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of two men, one on the left turning from his examination of a small object to listen to the other who stands in profile on the right with a tray hanging on a strap in front of him, who gestures as he talks."--British Museum online catalogu...
A boisterous scene set in Covent Garden. It is likely early morning after a night of carousing. In which the market has been disrupted by a raucous crowd. A man sits atop a sedan chair occupied by a woman. A woman raises her arm to strike a man lying ...
"A broadside satirising a quack in London; with an engraving showing a street scene, a varied crowd of people surrounding "Waltho Van Claturbank, High German Doctor", on horseback, offering packages of remedies; behind him is his zany or fool, also on...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Claturbank, Waltho van, pseud.,
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Quacks, Fools & jesters, Medicines, Crowds, Peddlers, Wheelbarrows, Baskets, Fruit, and Monkeys
"Two Jewish clothesmen outside a respectable mansion at right, buying clothes from an unimpressed housemaid standing in the doorway with a bundle under her arm and a clothes-pail on the step, one man standing with one foot on the doorstep and one on t...
Description:
Title from lettered state.
Publisher:
S.W. Fores
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Peddlers, Clothing & dress, Women domestics, Pails, and Milkmen
