View of a poultry shop, displaying turkeys, geese, ducks, and, oddly, pigs and rabbits
Alternative Title:
Poultry
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One of a set of four views of London markets, the other prints showing "Meat," "Fish," and "Fruit" markets., and For a related drawing at the Yale Center for British Art, see accesssion no.: B1977.14.4099.
Publisher:
Published May 10, 1822, by Edwd. Orme, Editor of Prints to the King, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Markets, Food vendors, Poultry, and City & town life
Collection of twelve 19th-century Anglo-Indian representations of traditional Indian clothing for various trades and stations of life, each captioned below with the subject's occupation. Included are two female subjects, 'My Ayah or Lady's Maid' and a water bearer, alongside ten male subjects. Among the depicted males are a 'Native Officer', 'A Peon or Policeman', and a 'Moonshee or Teacher of Languages', the latter having the only geographical indication of origin ('Bangalore' given to its verso).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Each drawing is numbered and signed "Mrs. O'Connor" on the verso, possibly indicating the artist or the person the drawings were composed for., Drawing '3' on verso: A Bangalore Moonshee., Approximate date from the watermark., and Such works are often referred to as 'Company School', given they were produced for tourists and East India Company employees alike.
