AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY LUIGI SCHIAVONETTI (1765�1810)
ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE LAID PAPER, FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED JULY 1794 BY COLNAGHI & CO., LONDON, PLATE 3 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "SWEET CHINA ORANGES, SWEET CHINA / ORANGES SUCR�ES, ORANGES FINES"
DEPICTS A GEORGIAN STREET VENDOR OFFERING CITRUS FROM A WOVEN BASKET TO TWO ELEGANTLY ATTIRED LADIES
PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA
13.75 X 10.5 IN PLATE
19.625 X 15.875 IN FRAMED
FRANCIS WHEATLEY'S RENOWNED "CRIES OF LONDON" COMPRISES A SUITE OF THIRTEEN PAINTINGS EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY BETWEEN 1792 AND 1795, RECORDING THE CALLS AND WARES OF THE CITY'S ITINERANT MERCHANTS. TRANSLATED INTO COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVINGS BY PROMINENT PRINTMAKERS INCLUDING LUIGI SCHIAVONETTI AND PUBLISHED BY MESSRS. COLNAGHI, THE PRINTS BECAME SOME OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE EPITHETS OF LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH VISUAL CULTURE, HELD IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC ARCHIVES INCLUDING THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
WHEATLEY ‘SWEET CHINA ORANGES’ CRIES OF LONDON
AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY LUIGI SCHIAVONETTI (1765�1810) ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE LAID PAPER, FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED JULY 1794 BY COLNAGHI & CO., LONDON, PLATE 3 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "SWEET CHINA ORANGES, SWEET CHINA / ORANGES SUCR�ES, ORANGES FINES" DEPICTS A GEORGIAN STREET VENDOR OFFERING CITRUS…