Book Description

TEMPLE OF FANCY. A set of six stipple engravings, printed on cream silk, of Street Vendors. Each is marked ‘proof’, and in fine clean condition, in recent cream paper window mounts. Published Nov. 1, 1812, by S & J Fuller at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place. The engravings depict children calling out to sell their various wares: The Cries of London. “Milk O” “Fresh Strawberries!” “Potatoes, Full Weight!” “Fine Rabbits!” “Chairs to Mend!” “All a Blowin’!”
Author CRIES OF LONDON - printed on silk.
Date 1812

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