"A hopeful young girl wearing pattens, leaning confidently on the counter of a general shop, saying 'If you please Mr Tomkins to give my mother change for sixpence, and she will send you the sixpence next week.', the shop owner leaning down to her with a perplexed expression, his glasses on top of his head, a sign on the counter advertising 'Hunts match[...]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., With: What a treat!, and Partial watermark. Offsetting of another impression on verso.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, Southampton St.
Subject (Topic):
Counters, Stores & shops, People associated with commercial & service activities, and Girls
A homely, heavy-set girl (left) sits on a chair while an artist in spectacles (right) sits and sketches her in profile while her coarse mother in a mop cap smiles at the artist who looks back in surprise at her comment to him. Below are her words: "You see my dartur vears her hair like the queen ...". Possibly a satire directed at the new Queen, Victoria
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of Henry Heath in lower right., Date of publication based on the year of succession to the throne of Victoria, who is likely the "Queen" mentioned in the title., Sheet trimmed with possible loss of series title and/or imprint statement., 1 print : lithograph ; irregular sheet 16.4 x 15 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., and Sheet has been trimmed close to image with loss of background portions of the design. Text below image has been clipped and pasted below trimmed image, the whole mounted on a piece of black paper.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
Subject (Topic):
Daughters, Mothers, Painters (Artists), and Caricatures
