AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY GIOVANNI VENDRAMINI (1769�1839)
ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE PAPER, PLATE 7 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "FRESH GATHERED PEAS YOUNG HASTINGS / POIS RAM�S, POIS NOUVEAUX ECORC�S", PUBLISHED JANUARY 1, 1795, BY COLNAGHI & CO., PALL MALL, LONDON.
DEPICTS STREET MERCHANTS DISPENSING FRESH PEAS FROM A HORSE-DRAWN CART INTO A WOMAN'S APRON
PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA
13.75 X 10.5 IN PLATE
19.625 X 15.875 IN FRAMED
"FRESH GATHERED PEAS" FORMS THE SEVENTH ENGRAVED COMPOSITION WITHIN FRANCIS WHEATLEY'S FAMED SUITE "CRIES OF LONDON", RECORDING THE PICTURESQUE TRADERS OF LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN. MASTERFULLY TRANSLATED INTO STIPPLE WITH ETCHED ACCENTS BY ITALIAN PRINTMAKER GIOVANNI VENDRAMINI (1769�1839) AND ISSUED ON JANUARY 1, 1795, BY COLNAGHI & CO., THE WORK REMAINS A CLASSIC DOCUMENT OF GEORGIAN SOCIAL LIFE, PRESERVED IN INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST.
WHEATLEY ‘FRESH GATHERED PEAS’ CRIES OF LONDON
AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY GIOVANNI VENDRAMINI (1769�1839) ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE PAPER, PLATE 7 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "FRESH GATHERED PEAS YOUNG HASTINGS / POIS RAM�S, POIS NOUVEAUX ECORC�S", PUBLISHED JANUARY 1, 1795, BY COLNAGHI & CO., PALL MALL, LONDON. DEPICTS STREET MERCHANTS DISPENSING FRESH PEAS…