An old ballad singer offers his ballad sheets to a pretty young mother and her son as they walk across a bridge over the Thames. In the distance the sun's rays illuminate the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Imprint erased?, Window mounted to 41 x 30 cm., Note in an unidentified hand at bottom of mounting sheet., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"A woman standing examining a display of slip ballads that the seller, a "pinner-up", who is seated on a stool, has hung along a wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., After a painting by Henry Walton., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Plate numbered '410' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Music: song-sheets -- Male costume: song-sheet seller -- Female costume: maid-servant -- Trades: song-sheet seller -- Brooms -- Broadsides: King Charles' 12 good rules., Watermark., and Publication date erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Brooms & brushes, Stools, Street vendors, and Songs