Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1804-04-25
Baskets (Whitfield's Tabernacle)
Image of a basket seller at Whitfield's Tabernacle. Published as part of a series of thirty-one prints after drawings by William Marshall Craig and engraved by Edward Edwards. See Summary at record 35.96.
Baskets for market, fruit, bread, birds, work and other kinds were sold. The lower quality baskets were made of rush, the higher quality ones of
. They were cheaper to buy from the criers than from shops (Itinerant Traders of London. Description of the Plates, representing the itinerant traders of London in their ordinary costume, with Notices of the remarkable places given in the background. London, 1804).
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 35.96/12
- Object name:
- Baskets (Whitfield's Tabernacle)
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- Production date:
- 1804-04-25
- Material:
wove paper, ink, watercolour
- Measurements/duration:
- H 245 mm, W 189 mm (paper), H 133 mm, W 101 mm (printed image)
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- Record quality:
- 60%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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