Cries of London, Plate 10, Old Chairs to Mend

by Francis Wheatley, Giovanni Vendramini

$450 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A wonderful image of a chair mender from Wheatley's famous Cries of London series. The Cries of London was a recurring theme in English printmaking for over three centuries. These colourful prints form a visual record of London's lower orders , the peddlars, charlatans, street hawkers, milkmaids, and grocers who made their living on the city streets. They give the viewer a glimpse of a long forgotten London where tradesmen would advertise their wares with a musical

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