The Criers and Hawkers of London
Engravings and Drawings by Marcellus Laroon
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1990
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8047-1506-5 (ISBN)
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8047-1506-5 (ISBN)
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Marcellus Laroon's "Cryes of the City of London drawne after the Life" (1687), remains an influential collection of street cries which chronicle London working life. This edition makes the "Cryes" available once again and is aimed at scholars of British art, social history and costume studies.
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 of street cries with its detailed chronicling of London working life. The present volume makes the Cryes available once again as a valuable document for the scholars of popular British art, social history and costume studies; more so because of the inclusion of plates from the 1760 edition in which designs were updated to provide us with a unique comparison of the changes in art and costume between 1687 and the late eighteenth century. The book also contains nineteen hitherto unpublished sketches by Laroon held at Blenheim Palace.
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 of street cries with its detailed chronicling of London working life. The present volume makes the Cryes available once again as a valuable document for the scholars of popular British art, social history and costume studies; more so because of the inclusion of plates from the 1760 edition in which designs were updated to provide us with a unique comparison of the changes in art and costume between 1687 and the late eighteenth century. The book also contains nineteen hitherto unpublished sketches by Laroon held at Blenheim Palace.
Preface; List of illustrations; Introduction; Marcellus Laroon: a sketch of the life; Notes on the publishers and engravers of The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life; Bibliography; Plates with commentary; Laroon at Blenheim Palace; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.1990 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Palo Alto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8047-1506-8 / 0804715068 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8047-1506-5 / 9780804715065 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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