Shesgreen, Sean, 1939-, Hawkers, beggars and quacks , [2021]
- Title(s):
- Hawkers, beggars and quacks : portraits from the Cries of London / Sean Shesgreen.
- Additional Title(s):
- Portraits from the Cries of London
- Published/Created:
- Oxford : Bodleian Library, [2021]
©2021 - Physical Description:
- 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNJ18.L297 S54 2021 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16225935
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Marcellus Laroon's 'The Cryes of the City of London drawne after the Life' presents, in seventy-four striking portraits, a panorama of London's marginal men and women: street vendors, hustlers and petty criminals together with the shouts (or cries) they used to hawk their wares, as they existed at the end of the seventeenth century. Following an illustrated introduction which sets Laroon's engravings within the tradition of the Cries, each portrait is beautifully reproduced with a commentary that illuminates the individual street-seller and their trade. The commentaries provide a wealth of detail about their dress, the equipment they used to ply their trade, the meat and drink of those they served and their own diets. This book also mines historical archives for contemporary reports about the colourful and often desperate lives of these hawkers. Drawing on the historic material found in the Burney Collection of English newspapers, this book provides a fascinating insight into the men and women who made their livelihood, legally and illegally, on the streets of England's capital"-- Dust jacket. - Subject Terms:
- Cries -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.Cries in art.Cries in art.Cries.England -- London.Laroon, Marcellus, 1679–1772.Laroon, Marcellus, 1679–1772.Merchants in art.Merchants in art.Poor in art.Poor in art.Prints, English -- 17th century.Prints, English.Street vendors -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.Street vendors.Urban poor -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.Urban poor.
- Form/Genre:
- History.
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