Title: Cries of London: No.1: Buy a Trap, a Rat-Trap
Object type: Print
Date: January 1, 1799
Portfolio: Cries of London
Artist:  Henri Merke 
Artist bio: Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820
Artist nationality: Swiss
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 12 5/16 in. (38.5 × 31.2 cm)
Plate: 14 13/16 × 11 15/16 in. (37.6 × 30.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Satire, term: Girls, term: Men, term: Women, term: Dogs