Cries of London
Subtitle: [pictures]
By: Francis Wheatley ; [edited] by Octavius Pink ; introduction by Henry Chance Newton ; music arranged by Hubert S. Ryan.
Contributors: Pink, Octavius.; Ryan, Hubert S.; Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Art & Music
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Wheatley, Francis, 1747-1801.; Cries in art.; Cries -- England -- London -- Pictorial works.
Notes: Features reproductions of 13 engravings by various artists after paintings by Wheatley. The engravings, published in London by Colnaghi, are dated July 2, 1793-May 1, 1797.
Each of these reproductions is accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress and by the musical arrangement of a street cry for voice and piano.
The illustrations also include Wheatley's self-portrait, his portrait of Mrs. Wheatley as Winter (engr. by Bartolozzi), and a variant engraving of Hot spiced gingerbread, smoking hot.
Source: Gift of A.W. Bitting, presented in memory of Katherine Golden Bitting, Oct. 6, 1939.