[Pedlars] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Pedlars] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Peddlers
Creator: Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
Published / Created: publish'd as [the] act directs, 2d March 1772.
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A freely drawn sketch of three figures. A Jew in profile to the right holds a glass show-box which is supported by a strap round his shoulders. Facing him in profile to the left is a man with a large pack tied to his back, he is looking at the Jew's wares, one hand held up as in surprise. Between them, and full-face, stands a Dutchman (?) wearing trousers and smoking a pipe; he is looking at the Jew's show-case. [In 1765 Cole compared the Paris shop-windows to the show-cases carried about by Jews. 'Cole's Paris Journal', 1931, p. 50.] Above the heads of the figures a devil is flying, he holds two strings, one of which is attached to the neck of each pedlar."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title supplied from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Trades: street pedlars -- Dutchmen -- Pedlars' show-boxes.
Watermark: countermark crowned royal cipher G R.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. ii;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.7 x 15.8 cm, on sheet 24 x 18 cm
Language: English

Genre: Amateur works
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper) G R.
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Jews
Ethnic stereotypes
Peddlers
Pipes (Smoking)
Devil
Subjects: Jews
Ethnic stereotypes
Peddlers
Pipes (Smoking)
Devil
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
G R.

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