Hot Loaves
Watercolour
1804 (Made)
1804 (Made)
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Watercolour showing man with a basket of bread on his back. In one hand he is holding a bell. In the background is the Church of St Martin in the Fields.
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Title | Hot Loaves (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour, pen and ink on paper |
Brief description | Watercolour by William Marshall Craig showing a man selling bread on St. Martin's Lane, London, 1804. Reproduced as an aquatint in Richard Phillips' 'Modern London' of 1804. |
Physical description | Watercolour showing man with a basket of bread on his back. In one hand he is holding a bell. In the background is the Church of St Martin in the Fields. |
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Production type | Unique |
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Object history | Purchased along with 8040.1-8 and 8040.10 from W. Headlam, November 10 1874. The purchase price below is for the group. |
Production | Attribution note: Intended to be engraved as a book illustration |
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Accession number | 8040:9 |
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Record created | October 16, 2000 |
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