- Title: The cries of London : for the instruction and amusement of good children.
- Published: York : Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [182-?]
646 820 C928
Acquired July 2020
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Water cresses, come buy my water cresses
“A decrepit old man stands at the door of a house of ill fame at the corner of Portland Street; Mrs Burke is on the door-plate. One hand is on the knocker; he turns to scowl at a woman (right) who holds out a bunch of water-cress from a large shallow basket slung from the hip. A child clings to her shoulders; a little girl (left) with a small basket also offers him a bunch. Two young courtesans lean from a first-floor window. In the background (right), behind a spiked gate, are trees and a large house (or houses).”–British Museum online catalogue.
- Printmaker: Merke, Henri, printmaker.
- Title: Water cresses, come buy my water cresses [graphic] / Rowlandson delin. ; Merke sculp.
- Publication: London : Pub. Mar. 1, 1799, at R. Ackermann’s, 101 Strand, [1 March 1799]
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
799.03.01.06+
Acquired March 2016
Hot cross bunns, two a penny bunns
“A stout and burly woman stands at a street-door with a large basket of buns. A young woman and three children buy; the children help themselves, the woman holds a plate which she fills with buns. In the background (left) is a Georgian church with pediment and cupola; a fat parson in his surplice hurries along to escape from a woman and two children, who beg from him.”–British Museum online catalogue.
- Printmaker: Merke, Henri, printmaker.
- Title: Hot cross bunns, two a penny bunns [graphic] / Rowlandson delin. ; Merke sculp.
- Publication: London : Pubd. May 4, 1799, at Ackermann’s Gallery, 101 Strand, [4 May 1799]
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
799.05.04.01+
Acquired March 2016