Cries of London, No. 5 : Water cresses, come buy my water cresses

Cries of London, No. 5

Item Information

Title:
Cries of London, No. 5 : Water cresses, come buy my water cresses
Description:
An old person is knocking at a door in Portland Street (Mrs. Burke's), and is solicited to buy water-cresses by a neat maiden with a pretty face and a tall shapely form ; the old reprobate is leering at the water-cress girl, and is disregarding a further offer of cresses from a more ragged and juvenile seller. A pair of highly-coloured damsels, redundant in charms and florid finery, are peering out of an upper window at the aged visitor.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Etcher:
Merke, Henri
Name on Item:
Rowlandson Delin. Merke sculp.
Date:
March 1, 1799
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Cries of London
Subjects:
Vegetables
Peddlers
Places:
England > London
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 44 x 30 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pm21p
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London, 101 Strand : R. Ackermann's
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, I, p. 354, 356
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
Bound in a volume containing 9 etchings, titled "Cries of London," Rowlandson, 1799 on spine.
Identifier:
18_03_000651
Barcode:
36666003781586