Chairs to mend [graphic]

Description

Title: Chairs to mend [graphic]
Alternative Title: Soho Square
Contributor: Phillips, Richard, 1778-1851, publisher.
Published / Created: [25 April 1804]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 72 St. Pauls Church Yard
Abstract: A young woman stands on a city street breast feeding her young baby who is cradled in a shawl tied around her body. She carries a large bundle of reeds over her left shoulder as she stands probably calling out words of her trade. She stands next to a pillar, her body obscuring the writing: Reign [...]412 [...]ine [...um].
Description: Title etched below image.
Probable book illustration. Possibly from a version of "London Cries" or related title.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Watermark: John Hayes 1804.
Provenance: Alaimo Gallery; January 1997;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.6 x 19.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Views
Cries
Etchings England London 1804
Watermarks (Paper) John Hayes 1804
Genre prints
Book illustrations
Material: etching and engraving with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
Subject (Topic): Breast feeding
City & town life
Infants
Mothers
Reeds (Plants)
Subjects: London (England) > Views
Breast feeding
City & town life
Infants
Mothers
Reeds (Plants)
England > London > 1804
John Hayes > 1804

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