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Creator:
Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
after Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Published by Colnaghi, established 1760, active ca. 1785–1911
Title:
Turnips & Carrots ho
Additional Title(s):

Cries of London, plate 13

Carottes & Navets.
Part Of:

Collective Title: Cries of London

Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Color printed etching, aquatint, and stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 7/8 inches (41.3 × 32.7 cm), Image: 13 7/8 × 10 3/4 inches (35.2 × 27.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, center top: "1"; lower left: "12926 13" | encircled "6"; lower center: "16 x 12 5/8"; lower right: "The rarest plate in the set."

Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by F. Wheatley R.A."; lower right: "Engraved by T. Gaugain"; lower center: "CRIES | of | LONDON | Plate 13 | Turnips & Carrots, ho. | Carottes & Navets. | London pub'd as the Act directs May 1, 1797 by Colnaghi, Sala & Co., No.132 Pall Mall."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Doris M. Brixey
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1994.4.207
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
baskets | bonnet | carrots | cobblestones | donkey | dress | food | genre subject | labor | man | merchant | peasants | selling | steps | street | turnips | vegetables | woman | working
Associated Places:
England | Europe | Greater London | London | United Kingdom
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:34667
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Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]


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