A peddler with a pole over his right shoulder from which hang two cages with birds inside, walks left away from the viewer. He carries a third cage in his left hand. His left sleeve is patched at the elbow
In the streets of the slum Ruins of St. Giles, Westminster, the only business are S. Gripe pawnbroker (left), Kilman Distiller (right) and the undertaker (background right). It is a scene of urban desolation with gin-crazed Londoners -- charity childr...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Published by G.G. & J. Robinson Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Building deterioration, Children, Crowds, Death, Dogs, Fighting, Gin, Intoxication, Occupations, Pawnshops, People with disabilities, Signs (Notices), Slums, Starvation, Suicides, Street vendors, and Undertakers
A brewer (left) accepts a note for five thousand [pounds] from a young man in profile (right). Three lines of text below image: "This passion is represented by a philosophical brewer, who having gained a considerable prize in the lottery, receives it ...
Description:
Title and plate number etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
A brewer (left) accepts a note for five thousand [pounds] from a young man in profile (right). Three lines of text below image: "This passion is represented by a philosophical brewer, who having gained a considerable prize in the lottery, receives it ...
Description:
Title and plate number etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
