Smith, Adam, active 1760-approximately 1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.00.00.65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A street scene in London near a butcher's shop with the portly owner assaults a gaunt Frenchman. A small chimney sweep drops a mouse into the Frenchman's wig as a dog fouls the Frenchman's legs. A woman with a tobacco pipe in her mouth trudges in the background balancing a basket of vegetables (or apples?) on her head. A lean Scotchman steals from the distracted butcher's stall
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text above image: Engraved for the Oxford magazine., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum. London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), page 216., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Street life, City & town life, Butchers, Butcher shops, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Occupations, Ethnic stereotypes, and Pipes (Smoking)