In a room, a small group of women and children watch as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at the right; a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay. On a chair on the ...
Description:
Publication date from Carington Bowles's entry in Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Two ladies, a serving maid with a tea tray, and a gentleman kneeling on a chair watch a ragged youth who is kneeling down and displays a richly and fashionably dressed doll who appears to be walking on her own towards the group of observers. Behind th...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Topic):
Dolls, Musical instruments, Organ grinders, Servants, and Toys
