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Do you want any matches

Print
1793-1797 (published)
Artist/Maker
Colnaghi (publishers)
Cardon, Anthony (engraver)
Wheatley, Francis (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Colour print.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Do you want any matches (assigned by artist)
  • Cries of London (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour stipple engraving with additional colour by hand
Stipple Engraving
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Print entitled 'Do you want any matches'. Plate (4 of 13) from the series 'Cries of London', published by Colnaghi & Co., London, 1793-1797. Colour stipple engraving by Anthony Cardon after Francis Wheatley.
Physical description
Colour print.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 40.6cm
  • Cut to width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Lettered with title in English and French, series title, dates, publisher's name and plate number)
  • 'Painted by F. Wheatley. R.A. Engraved by A. Cardon.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs M. V. Cunliffe
Object history
Other impressions of Nos. 1, 2, 5, 10 are in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.1620-1623-1948.
Production
Attribution note: Printed from a single plate
Subjects depicted
Matches
Trade
Place depicted
London
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.109-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699354/do-you-want-any-matches-print-cardon-anthony/
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