The Criers and Hawkers of London: Engravings and Drawings

by Sean Shesgreen

Fascination with the lives of pedlars and hawkers first expressed itself in English art around 1600. Marcellus Laroon's Cryes of the City of London drawne after the Life was published in 1687 and became a best-seller the day it appeared, remaining popular for nearly a century and a half - eight editions followed the first until it finally went out of print after 1821. Laroon's volume of designs remains the most sophisticated and influential collection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804715068
• ISBN13: 9780804715065
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.9"