The pretty maid buying a love song [graphic].

Description

Title: The pretty maid buying a love song [graphic].
Contributor: Walton, Henry, 1746-1813, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, [1779]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: "A woman standing examining a display of slip ballads that the seller, a "pinner-up", who is seated on a stool, has hung along a wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
After a painting by Henry Walton.
Publication date from an unverified card catalog record.
Plate numbered '410' in lower left corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Music: song-sheets -- Male costume: song-sheet seller -- Female costume: maid-servant -- Trades: song-sheet seller -- Brooms -- Broadsides: King Charles' 12 good rules.
Watermark.
Publication date erased from this impression.
Provenance: The Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 41 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Mezzotints England London 1779
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Brooms & brushes
Stools
Street vendors
Songs
Subjects: Brooms & brushes
Stools
Street vendors
Songs
England > London > 1779

Access: Public
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