On the street in front of the shop of S.W. Fores & Co. a mix of Londoners -- trades people, clergy, gentleman and ladies, etc. -- fight the effects of a very strong wind: a parson loses his wig, a woman's dress is blown up over her hips revealing her large buttocks; a woman selling fish has fallen to the ground, her hat and wares strewn across the sidewalk as a man with a walking stick trips over her, etc. Above the shop window is a sign that reads "Prints &c wholesale & for expotation".
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 42 x 56 cm., matted to 49 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. May 28, 1793 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly and No. 57 St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England) and Fores, S. W.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Clergy, Clothing & dress, Crowds, Fishmongers, Men, Prints, Publishing industry, Stores & shops, Wigs, Window displays, Winds, and Women
"View of the election in Covent Garden Market, temporary structure erected outside St. Paul's Church, a man on a platform from the stalls addresses the large crowd, towards the edge the crowd becomes more bawdy, with people singing and playing music."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 26., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 209., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.7 x 34 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 July 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England) and St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
"View of the election in Covent Garden Market, temporary structure erected outside St. Paul's Church, a man on a platform from the stalls addresses the large crowd, towards the edge the crowd becomes more bawdy, with people singing and playing music."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 26., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 209., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1806.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 July 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England) and St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
