AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY GIOVANNI VENDRAMINI (1769�1839)
ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE PAPER, PLATE 12 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "HOT SPICE GINGERBREAD SMOKING HOT! / DU CROQUET DE PAIN D'EPICES!", PUBLISHED MAY 1, 1796, BY COLNAGHI & CO., PALL MALL, LONDON
DEPICTS A GINGERBREAD BAKER AT HIS WOODEN BARROW VENDING WARES OUTSIDE COVENT GARDEN'S ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.
PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA
13.75 X 10.5 IN PLATE
19.625 X 15.875 IN FRAMED
"HOT SPICE GINGERBREAD" FORMS THE TWELFTH COMPOSITION IN FRANCIS WHEATLEY'S ICONIC SUITE "CRIES OF LONDON". ENGRAVED IN FINE STIPPLE BY GIOVANNI VENDRAMINI (1769�1839) AND PUBLISHED BY COLNAGHI & CO. IN MAY 1796, THE WORK CHARMINGLY CAPTURES THE STREET LIFE AND POPULAR CONFECTIONS OF LATE 18TH-CENTURY LONDON. IMPRESSIONS OF THIS CELEBRATED HISTORIC PLATE ARE PRESERVED IN INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM.
WHEATLEY ‘HOT SPICE GINGERBREAD’ 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 12 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "HOT SPICE GINGERBREAD SMOKING HOT! / DU CROQUET DE PAIN D'EPICES!", PUBLISHED MAY 1, 1796, BY COLNAGHI & CO., PALL MALL, LONDON DEPICTS A GINGERBREAD BAKER AT HIS…