A poor, sad-faced woman in ragged clothes wearing a scarf around her head, carries a small child strapped to her back
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of work in which this print was published., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Reduced copy in reverse of no. 69 in M. Laroon's Cries of London.
A peddler with a pole over his right shoulder from which hang two cages with birds inside, walks left away from the viewer. He carries a third cage in his left hand. His left sleeve is patched at the elbow
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of work in which this print was published., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Reduced copy in reverse of no. 29 in M. Laroon's Cries of London.
A newspaper crier blows a horn; the words of the title are written acroos a scroll that falls from his arm to the ground
Description:
Title engraved in image., Publication date from contemporary mss. annotation on The Lewis Walpole Library impression (800.00.00.64)., Title page from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A full-length view of a dog-meat peddlar cutting up dog food for a dog eagerly jumping up along the peddler's cart
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820.
Publisher:
Samuel Leigh
Subject (Topic):
Carts & wagons, Dogs, Pet food industry, and Occupations
A peddler shown full-length with doormats hanging on a pole over his shoulder and four in his hand
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reduced copy in reverse of no. 6 in M. Laroon's Cries of London., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., and Watermark: name, partially cut off.
A man shown full-length from the back as he rolls a large barrel. He wears a soft hat and an apron
Alternative Title:
Drayman
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from title page of book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., and Watermark: name, partially cut off.
A tinker with a mustache shown full-length walking to the right. He has one kettle over his shoulder and another in his right hand. He holds a hammer in his left hand
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of work in which this print was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reduced copy in reverse of no. 54 in M. Laroon's Cries of London., and Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820.
A woman stands full-length with a basket on her head; her left eye slightly squinting. From her waist hangs a key
Alternative Title:
Mackerel
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of work in which this print was published., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Reduced copy in reverse of no. 42 in M. Laroon's Cries of London.
A young match girl wearing ragged clothes and a hat with a hole is shown full length walking left. She wears simple shoes and holds a basket on her left arm. She holds bunches of matches in each hand
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of work in which this print was published., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A milkmaid, shown full-length walking right, with a yoke on her shoulders walks with two buckets of milk, one with a dipper. She wears a shawl and under her hat a kerchief
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of work in which this print was published., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
