Round & Sound Five Pence a Pound Duke Cherries.Cerises douces, Cerises, â la douce Cerise. Cries of London. Plate 8th.
Painted by F. Wheatly R.A. Directed by L. Schiavonetti. Engraved by A. Cardon
London Pub.d as the Act Directs. June 25th. 1795 by Colnaghi & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 405 x 299mm. 16 x 11¾". Trimmed to the plate.
A cherry seller gives a bunch to two small boys, while a young drayman stands nearby. This is one of thirteen plates in Wheatley’s ‘Cries of London’, the most famous version of a popular theme in English printmaking. The shouts and songs of the street traders advertising their wares were a part of city life and inspired a number of artists of different styles, from these idealised scenes to the more raucous caricatures drawn by Rowlandson. Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) exhibited fourteen painted ‘Cries’ at the Royal Academy between 1792-5, with enough success for Colnaghi to commission some of the best engravers in England, including brothers Luigi and Niccolo Schiavonetti, Giovanni Vendramini & Thomas Gaugain to reproduce thirteen of the series in stipple. These were available as separate prints or as a set and were a great success (even abroad, as denoted by the French version of the titles), and have remained popular to this day.
[Ref: 22771] £320.00
London Pub.d as the Act Directs. June 25th. 1795 by Colnaghi & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 405 x 299mm. 16 x 11¾". Trimmed to the plate.
A cherry seller gives a bunch to two small boys, while a young drayman stands nearby. This is one of thirteen plates in Wheatley’s ‘Cries of London’, the most famous version of a popular theme in English printmaking. The shouts and songs of the street traders advertising their wares were a part of city life and inspired a number of artists of different styles, from these idealised scenes to the more raucous caricatures drawn by Rowlandson. Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) exhibited fourteen painted ‘Cries’ at the Royal Academy between 1792-5, with enough success for Colnaghi to commission some of the best engravers in England, including brothers Luigi and Niccolo Schiavonetti, Giovanni Vendramini & Thomas Gaugain to reproduce thirteen of the series in stipple. These were available as separate prints or as a set and were a great success (even abroad, as denoted by the French version of the titles), and have remained popular to this day.
[Ref: 22771] £320.00