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1.
'Curds an' green whey' this woman doth cry, let those that love curds come to her & buy [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 8v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman, balancing a basket on her head, stands in the foreground facing the viewer on the side of the street in front of Tron Kirk and an adjacent building. In the background, right, another peddler carrying a barrel on his back walks away
Alternative Title:
Tron Church, High Street
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Wash tubs, Dairy products, and Churches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 'Curds an' green whey' this woman doth cry, let those that love curds come to her & buy [graphic].

2.
'Fine yellow sand' upon the floor is good for either rich or poor [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 9v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sand peddler with a bucket in his hand stands beside his cart in the foreground while a boy sits upon the sand in the cart; in the background the Orphan Hospital
Alternative Title:
Orphan Hospital
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Orphan Hospital and Workhouse at Edinburgh,
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Carts & wagons, and Almshouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 'Fine yellow sand' upon the floor is good for either rich or poor [graphic].

3.
'Green-kail & leeks, cabbage & neeps', I've here to sell, come buy in heaps [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 14r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A boy lifts down a basket from the back of cart to a woman, a second figure stands beside the cart on the right. The Palace of Holyroodhouse is seen in the background
Alternative Title:
Front of Holyrood House
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Palace of Holyroodhouse (Edinburgh, Scotland),
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Carts & wagons, and Vegetables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 'Green-kail & leeks, cabbage & neeps', I've here to sell, come buy in heaps [graphic].

4.
'My pease & beans wha'll buy frae me, they're hot & warm as warm can be' [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 19r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman, wearing a hooded cloak and carrying a basket, stands in a city square on a moonlight night. Behind her to the left, Grassmarket and on the right, Edinburgh Castle
Alternative Title:
My pease and beans wha'll buy frae me ... and Castle, from the Grass Market
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Grassmarket (Edinburgh, Scotland),, Scotland, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland),
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Vegetables, Baskets, Capes (Clothing), Markets, and Castles & palaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 'My pease & beans wha'll buy frae me, they're hot & warm as warm can be' [graphic].

5.
'Sour milk' good Gilbert bauls aloud, and frankly sells it to the crowd [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 18r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man holds a whip in one hand and a tankard the other as he stands beside his horse on a city street; a large barrel is strapped on the horse's side
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Milkmen, Horses, Barrels, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 'Sour milk' good Gilbert bauls aloud, and frankly sells it to the crowd [graphic].

6.
'Wall-cresses an' purpey' this woman doth sing, the first of good sallads that bloom in the spring

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 10v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A street vendor in a hat and cloak stands on a city street holding a basket of watercress, a street lamp above her on the right
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Vegetables, Baskets, and Street lamps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 'Wall-cresses an' purpey' this woman doth sing, the first of good sallads that bloom in the spring [graphic].

7.
A bundle of truths sung with great applause by Mr. Henry Johnston in Dublin, Cork, &c &c. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[2 September 1811]
Call Number:
811.09.00.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to (printed) verses 'Sung, with great Applause, by Mr. Henry Johnston, in Dublin, Cork, &c. &c.' A pedlar with a wooden leg stands at a street corner, singing, a bottle of 'Irish Whisky' in his left hand, another bottle in his coat-pocket. Hi...
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Published 2nd Septr., 1811 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Strt., London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Bakers, Barbershops, Peddlers, British, Peg legs, Puppets, and Tailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bundle of truths sung with great applause by Mr. Henry Johnston in Dublin, Cork, &c &c. [graphic]

8.
A shining character humbly dedicated to polished society / [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, July 1804.
Call Number:
804.07.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified and Sold at 168 Aldergate Street & by J.M. Flindall book and printseller, 51 Lower Marsh, Lambeth Surry
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers and Shoe polishes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A shining character humbly dedicated to polished society / [graphic]

9.
Autolycus selling his wares Shakespear's Winters tale, Act IV, Scene 3d / [graphic]

Creator:
Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 101. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man dancing in the centre of a crowd of villagers, waving ribbons in the air and with a tray of his goods around his neck, including toys and ballad sheets, a cottage behind at right; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum onlin...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published June 1st, 1790, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Toys, Dance, Ribbons, Crowds, and Dwellings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Autolycus selling his wares Shakespear's Winters tale, Act IV, Scene 3d / [graphic]

10.
Buy a trap, a rat trap, buy my trap [graphic]

Creator:
Merke, Henri, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1799]
Call Number:
799.01.01.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"One of a set of eight plates, No. 7 (not mentioned by Grego) being missing, all having the same signatures. They may have been intended to burlesque Wheatley's 'Cries' (1793-7), from which they appear to derive. [The subjects are different from those...
Description:
Title etched below series title and number.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1t., 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Birdcages, Children, Dogs, Houses, Men, Mousetraps, Peddlers, Prostitutes, Rabbits, Rats, and Street vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Buy a trap, a rat trap, buy my trap [graphic]

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