The interior of a jeweller's shop, indicated only by three necklaces festooned on the wall and by a door giving on to the street. A lady sits between two men; one (left) points insinuatingly to a box of ear-rings which he holds, the other applies a boring instrument to her left ear. To her left, a dog barks as he looks up at her startled face. Behind, a weeping schoolboy with a bag of books is being birched by a young woman. Through the door are seen a Highlander blowing bagpipes and a milkmaid screaming for custom
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and One of a series of 'Drolls.'
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Octr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bagpipes, Dairy workers, Earrings, Jewelers, Jewelry stores, Necklaces, School children, Women, and Young adults
Supposed trade card of Peter de La Fontaine, goldsmith, with a cartouche containing a view of the interior of a shop, with customers in the foreground and craftsmen at work beyond
Description:
Title etched in image., Full title from more perfect impression in the British Museum. Text continues: "... makes & sells all sorts of gold & silver plate, swords, rings, jewells &c, at [the] lowest prices.", Formerly attributed to William Hogarth and based on his shop card for his sisters Mary and Ann., Also formerly attributed to Sympson., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text.
