'Do you want any brick-dust', plate VI of Cries of London, 1799. Artist: H Merke

'Do you want any brick-dust', plate VI of Cries of London, 1799. Artist: H Merke

1-239-338 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'Do you want any brick-dust'. A pretty young maidservant stands on a doorstep, while the crier gazes into her face and fills her bowl with brick dust. They are watched from the doorway by a shrewish woman and a dog below. Plate VI of Cries of London, 1799.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. H Merke, attributed to: Swiss: Artist
After
  1. Thomas Rowlandson: British: Painter, illustrator, caricaturist, artist

Medium
  1. Aquatint

Picture Type
  1. Satire

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London

  1. 51 30 51 N , 000 05 35 W

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Society & Culture Family Life

Locations & Buildings Other

People Other

Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3445x5070
File Size : 51,171kb


Aliases

  1. 26555
  1. 0220002649
  1. 1-239-338
  1. 1239338
  1. 2649
  1. 26555
  1. A3

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