The old-ballad singer [graphic].

Description

Title: The old-ballad singer [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd as the act directs, [1779?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: An old ballad singer offers his ballad sheets to a pretty young mother and her son as they walk across a bridge over the Thames. In the distance the sun's rays illuminate the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Description: Title from caption etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Imprint erased?
Window mounted to 41 x 30 cm.
Note in an unidentified hand at bottom of mounting sheet.
Watermark.
Provenance: The Print Room; September 1997;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35.4 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Cries
Mezzotints England London 1779
Watermarks (Paper)
Annotations (Provenance)
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic): Mothers
Sons
Street entertainers
Subjects: St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
Mothers
Sons
Street entertainers
England > London > 1779

Access: Public
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