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Hot Loaves

Watercolour
1804 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Craig (Artist)
Place of origin
London (Made)

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.


Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleHot Loaves (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, pen and ink on paper
Watercolour
Pen and Ink
Paper
Painting
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.
Dimensions
  • This watercolour was made on a sheet of paper that was first folded into two halves these dimensions reflect the visible top half only height: 14.8cm
  • Width: 11.3cm
The painted image does not fill the whole page. There is a margin around the image of about 2-3cm.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • W M. CRAIG. 1804 (Signature; date; Margin: below centre; Handwriting; Pen and ink)
  • Hot loaves (picture title; Margin: above centre; Handwriting; Pen and ink)
  • St. Martin's Church. (Textual information; Margin: below centre; Handwriting; Pen and ink)
  • Bill of the Play Sweep Lavender Rabbit man Spice Gingerbread (Textual information; On the back; Handwriting; Pencil)
    Translation
    These are the titles of five of the 31 watercolours produced by Craig for Richard Phillips' 'Modern London' of 1804.
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
Subjects depicted
Trade
Bread
Bread Baskets
Bakers
Clapper Bells
Occupations, Trading
Working Class
Places depicted
London
St Martin in the Fields
Association
Phillips, Richard (Sir)
Bibliographic references
  • Celina Fox, 'Londoners', Thames & Hudson, 1987, pp.124, 144, 146, 163-4
  • Richard Phillips, 'Modern London', 1804/5
  • Coombs, Katherine British watercolours : 1750-1950 . London: V&A Publications, 2012 p.87, pl.76
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
8040:9

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Record createdOctober 16, 2000
Record URL
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