The ballad singers [graphic]

Description

Title: The ballad singers [graphic]
Creator: Sears, Robert, active 1800- printmaker
Contributor: Mercer, F., artist.
Smyth, T., active 1828, publisher.
Parsey, A., publisher.
Published / Created: [1828?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by T. Smyth & sold by A. Parsey, Burlington Arcade
Abstract: A poor family in rags sing on a city streets to earn money. The man, a veteran with a peg leg, plays the violin; his uniform is patched up. The boy wears no shoes and a coat too big for him; he holds out a hat to collect the money. The woman wears a ragged dress and a patched cloak covering a baby on her back; she carries a basket with loaded with the broadsides for sale
Description: Title from text below image.
Date of publication inferred from a "Novr. 1828" manuscript note on an impression of a print entitled "My girl," likewise designed by Mercer and published by Smyth and Parsey; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 828.11.00.01. An apparent companion to that print, entitled "My boy," is assigned a date range of 1825-1835 in the British Museum online catalogue (registration no.: 1905,0822.4).
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; September 2023.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.5 x 23 cm, on sheet 24.4 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English