A full-length image of a young crier in Portman Square, with a container of brick dust in his right hand and his left hand cupped by his check as he calls out. He stands near the wrought-iron fence in the fashionable neighborhood beside his horse
Alternative Title:
Portman Square
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Probable a book illustration. Possibly from a version of the ubiquitous "London Cries" or related title., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Pauls' Church Yard
Title from text below image., Text above image: Bethlem Hospital., Possibly from a version of the "London Cries" or related title., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Pauls Church Yard
A young woman stands on a city street breast feeding her young baby who is cradled in a shawl tied around her body. She carries a large bundle of reeds over her left shoulder as she stands probably calling out words of her trade. She stands next to a pillar, her body obscuring the writing: Reign [...]412 [...]ine [...um].
Alternative Title:
Soho Square
Description:
Title etched below image., Probable book illustration. Possibly from a version of "London Cries" or related title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: John Hayes 1804.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 72 St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Breast feeding, City & town life, Infants, Mothers, and Reeds (Plants)
"A boy stands selling long matches from a basket, outside the Mansion House, London."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mansion House
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title etched above image: The Mansion House., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to 'Cries of London', reprint of the 'London Cries' section of Phillips's 'Modern London'; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1938,0307.6., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804, by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Paul's Church Yard
A man selling watercress, from a basket, in Hanover Square
Alternative Title:
Watercresses
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Phillips, R. Modern London., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Ms. note in ink above image: Hanover Square.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Hanover Square (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, City & town life, Peddlers, and Vegetables
