A scene in an artist's studio lit from an attic window (left). Four connoisseurs are grouped round a large canvas on an easel: an Apollo with a sheaf of arrows, head turned in profile to the left. The model is a tall black man in the pose of the Apoll...
Two women stand before a knife grinder and his cart equipped with a grinding wheel, on the sidewalk before an open door and under a street lamp. The woman closest to the viewer hands him a pair of scissors while the other looks on. In the background o...
Alternative Title:
Knives, scissors and razors to grind and Couteaux, ciseaux, rasoirs a repasser
Description:
Titles in English and French below image, engraved on either side of series title.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs Jan. 1, 1795, by Colnaghi & Co., No. 132 Pall Mall
Subject (Topic):
Grinding wheels, Infants, Mothers, Scissors, and Street vendors
