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Water cresses, come buy my water cresses

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“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

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“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

Itemized receipts for produce sold to Lord and Lady Glenbervie…

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Astin, James

Itemized receipts for produce sold to Lord and Lady Glenbervie by seedsman James Austin, 1814 Jan 31-1815 Feb 7.

LWL Mss File 45+

Manuscripts, in a single hand, listing the produce sold to Lord Glenbervie — all vegetables — and the fruit listed separately as sold to Lady Glenbervie for the period 31 Jan 1814 till 20 Dec 1814. The seedsman is identified as James Austin of Kingston. A separate receipt for two-pence and blind stamped is dated February 1815.

Itemized receipts for produce sold to Lord and Lady Glenbervie...Subjects (Library of Congress): Astin, James; Glenbervie, Sylvester Douglas, Baron, 1743-1823; Vegetables–England; Gardens–England.

Lewis Walpole Library new acquisition: September, 2010