A crier, his mouth wide open and with an angry expression, shakes his bell in the faces of three gaping and alarmed yokels (right). He wears a long old-fashioned coat, broad cocked hat and wig, and holds a cane. A young man (farmer?) with a pitchfork ...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Agricultural facilities, Agricultural laborers, Bells, Pitchforks, and Town criers
"The crier, his mouth wide open, with an angry expression, shakes his bell in the faces of three gaping and alarmed yokels (left). He wears a long old-fashioned coat, broad cocked hat and wig, and holds a cane. A young man with a pitchfork (right) loi...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 16th 1793, by Robt. Sayer and Company, Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Agricultural facilities, Agricultural laborers, Bells, Pitchforks, and Town criers
"Three strips arranged horizontally as in BMSat 9488. The subjects (with inscriptions) are a 'round-about' or primitive merry-go-round, a couple in a 'Tax'd Cart', a newsboy crying 'The Second Edition', street musicians with hurdy-gurdy, tambourine, a...
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 20th, 1799, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bears, Carts & wagons, Clergy, Clerks, Dogs, Fighting, Musical instruments, Newspaper carriers, Organ grinders, Puppet shows, Puppets, Street musicians, Town criers, Street vendors, and Trained animals
Depicts standing from left to right, John Wemyss the town crier with his bell, Robert Clerk, bookseller, and George Pratt, also Edinburgh town crier in 1784
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh
Subject (Name):
Wemyss, John, d. 1788., Clerk, Robert, 1738-1810., and Pratt, George, fl. 1784.
"Portrait of a whole-length figure of a man who is walking to our left with both hands thrust into the bosom of his waistcoat. The figure is in three-quarters view to our left, likewise the head. The man wears a hat, his head is very much liek that of...
