A boisterous scene set in Covent Garden. It is likely early morning after a night of carousing. In which the market has been disrupted by a raucous crowd. A man sits atop a sedan chair occupied by a woman. A woman raises her arm to strike a man lying on the ground in front of the sedan chair which has apparently knocked over baskets of assorted produce that are strewn in the foreground. The scene is otherwise crowded with pedlars and other more smartly dressed persons. St. Paul’s Church designed by Inigo Jones is prominent in the left background along with other buildings in the market square
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Date based on Nebot's departure from London. See Finberg.
Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd as [the] act directs, 2d March 1772.
Call Number:
772.03.02.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A freely drawn sketch of three figures. A Jew in profile to the right holds a glass show-box which is supported by a strap round his shoulders. Facing him in profile to the left is a man with a large pack tied to his back, he is looking at the Jew's wares, one hand held up as in surprise. Between them, and full-face, stands a Dutchman (?) wearing trousers and smoking a pipe; he is looking at the Jew's show-case. [In 1765 Cole compared the Paris shop-windows to the show-cases carried about by Jews. 'Cole's Paris Journal', 1931, p. 50.] Above the heads of the figures a devil is flying, he holds two strings, one of which is attached to the neck of each pedlar."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peddlers
Description:
Title supplied from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: street pedlars -- Dutchmen -- Pedlars' show-boxes., and Watermark: countermark crowned royal cipher G R.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Ethnic stereotypes, Peddlers, Pipes (Smoking), and Devil
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated in ink on verso., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Two peddlers carrying wares walk down the street possibly engaged in the 'cries' of their trade. The man carries a bundle of wood on his back, and the woman carries dead fowl by their legs
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Bunbury., and For further information, consult library staff.
