Buy a new Almanack. Almanachs Nouveaux. Lunary dell Anno Nuovo. 5. 53.
[after Marcellus Laroon]
[n.d. c.1780]
Etching and engraving, sheet 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
An almanac seller walking to right with basket of books around her neck. From late series of the Cries of London, plate reworked with hat, head and shoes altered. First engraved in 1688, they were reworked and published after c.1750. According to Raines, plates in the late editions of the series "were re-engraved with alterations after L.P. Boitard"
Raines p.57.
[Ref: 67648] £160.00
[n.d. c.1780]
Etching and engraving, sheet 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
An almanac seller walking to right with basket of books around her neck. From late series of the Cries of London, plate reworked with hat, head and shoes altered. First engraved in 1688, they were reworked and published after c.1750. According to Raines, plates in the late editions of the series "were re-engraved with alterations after L.P. Boitard"
Raines p.57.
[Ref: 67648] £160.00