AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY ANTOINE CARDON (1772�1813)
ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE LAID PAPER, FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED JULY 1794 BY COLNAGHI & CO., LONDON, PLATE 4 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "DO YOU WANT ANY MATCHES? / MARCHANDE D'ALLUMETTES ACHET� MES BONNES ALLUMETTES"
DEPICTS A GEORGIAN MATCH SELLER ACCOMPANIED BY A YOUNG LAD AND A WATCHFUL DOG BEFORE A FORMAL ENTRANCE PORTICO
PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA
13.75 X 10.5 IN PLATE
19.625 X 15.875 IN FRAMED
"DO YOU WANT ANY MATCHES?" REPRESENTS THE FOURTH COMPOSITION IN FRANCIS WHEATLEY'S ICONIC THIRTEEN-PART SERIES "CRIES OF LONDON", EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN THE EARLY 1790S. ENGRAVED IN STIPPLE BY FLEMISH-BORN MASTER PRINTMAKER ANTOINE CARDON (1772�1813) AND DISTRIBUTED BY COLNAGHI & CO., THE COMPOSITION CHARMINGLY DOCUMENTS LONDON'S WORKING TRADES AND ITINERANT PEDDLERS
WHEATLEY ‘DO YOU WANT ANY MATCHES’ CRIES OF LONDON
AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY ANTOINE CARDON (1772�1813) ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE LAID PAPER, FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED JULY 1794 BY COLNAGHI & CO., LONDON, PLATE 4 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "DO YOU WANT ANY MATCHES? / MARCHANDE D'ALLUMETTES ACHET� MES BONNES ALLUMETTES" DEPICTS A GEORGIAN MATCH SELLER…