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Band Boxes, Tabart's Juvenile Library, Cries of London, 1804
€335
$375 · £285
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1804
- Technique
- Copper Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light handling wear to the bottom left and bottom right corners; minor nicks along the left edge. Even age toning. A few small foxing spots in the margin.
- Wardrobe
- Folk finery
- Era
- 1790 to 1840, Empire and Romantic
- Stock no.
- BG-12935-25
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
An original antique hand colored copper engraving of a London street seller, lettered "BAND BOXES." below the image and "Tabarts Juvenile Library" in script above it. A young man in a black hat, yellow neckerchief, long brown coat and blue trousers walks to the left with a pole over his shoulder, hung on both sides with band boxes in pink, pale blue, lilac and a flowered pattern. Behind him is a shopfront with small paned windows and a doorway, its sign lettered "Bibliotheque d'Education" (Library of Education), with "BOND STREET" lettered on the wall above.
The location "Tabarts Juvenile Library" is engraved in script at the top of the plate and the cry "BAND BOXES." in open capitals at the bottom. Below the border, the lower left corner carries the artist credit "Craig-del." (meaning Craig drew it), and the center carries the imprint "Published April 25-1804, by Richard Phillips, 71, St. Paul's Church Yard.", dated April 25, 1804. No engraver is named. Benjamin Tabart's Juvenile Library in Bond Street was a bookshop devoted to books for children.
Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis was published in London in 1804, printed for Richard Phillips of No. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard, by C. Mercier and Co., and "illustrated with numerous copper plates." Alongside its views of public buildings it carried a series of plates of the street traders of London, each showing a seller with his or her wares against a recognizable London setting, named in script above the image, with the trader's cry engraved below. William Marshall Craig, credited on the plate as the draftsman, was a London painter in watercolors and miniatures and a drawing master. His designs for the series record the dress, tools and goods of the people who sold in the streets of Georgian London, and they remain a valuable document of everyday life in the city at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Framed with a wide mat, it would sit well in a kitchen, hallway or study, or in a group with other London street cries.
Condition: Light handling wear to the bottom left and bottom right corners; minor nicks along the left edge. Even age toning. A few small foxing spots in the margin.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
