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- Creator:
- Vendramini, Giovanni, 1769-1839, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.01.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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 on the right, a woman carrying a baby on her back walks away from the scene
- 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. and Engraved after Francis Wheatley, who first exhibited his series of oil paintings depicting London street-sellers at the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1795.
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Knives, scissars and razors to grind Couteaux, ciseaux, rasoirs a repasser / [graphic] =