Brick dust [graphic].

Description

Title: Brick dust [graphic].
Alternative Title: Portman Square
Contributor: Phillips, Richard, 1778-1851, publisher.
Published / Created: [25 April 1804]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Pauls' Church Yard
Abstract: A full-length image of a young crier in Portman Square, with a container of brick dust in his right hand and his left hand cupped by his check as he calls out. He stands near the wrought-iron fence in the fashionable neighborhood beside his horse
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Probable a book illustration. Possibly from a version of the ubiquitous "London Cries" or related title.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Alaimo Gallery; January 1997;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.7 x 19.5 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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