Hawkers, beggars and quacks
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31065985
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320130234
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131350
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320132310
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320133025
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320148233
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330135725
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Poor in art
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Cries--England--London--History--17th century
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Prints, English--17th century
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: 1600-1699
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Merchants in art
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Urban poor--England--London--History--17th century
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Cries in art
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Street vendors--England--London--History--17th century
abstract: "Marcellus Laroon's 'The Cryes of the City of London drawne after the Life' presents, in seventy-four striking portraits, a panorama of London's marginal men and women: street vendors, hustlers and petty criminals together with the shouts (or cries) they used to hawk their wares, as they existed at the end of the seventeenth century. Following an illustrated introduction which sets Laroon's engravings within the tradition of the Cries, each portrait is beautifully reproduced with a commentary that illuminates the individual street-seller and their trade. The commentaries provide a wealth of detail about their dress, the equipment they used to ply their trade, the meat and drink of those they served and their own diets. This book also mines historical archives for contemporary reports about the colourful and often desperate lives of these hawkers. Drawing on the historic material found in the Burney Collection of English newspapers, this book provides a fascinating insight into the men and women who made their livelihood, legally and illegally, on the streets of England's capital"--
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310105117
language: eng
name: Portraits from the Cries of London
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301316485
type: CreativeWork

PropertyValue
property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 316485