Cries of London, Knife Grinder - Colored Stipple Engraving - Vendramini
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Antique colored engraving from the Cries of London series: an itinerant knife grinder takes a pair of scissors from two young women beside his wheel, in a street at dusk. A stipple engraving by Giovanni Vendramini after the painting by Francis Wheatley.
Antique colored engraving from the Cries of London series: an itinerant knife grinder takes a pair of scissors from two young women beside his wheel, in a street at dusk. A stipple engraving by Giovanni Vendramini after the painting by Francis Wheatley.
The original title of the subject is Knives, Scissars and Razors to Grind. It belongs to the series of thirteen London cries painted by Wheatley and printed in color between 1793 and 1797, the most popular in English genre printmaking.
Medium: Stipple engraving, colored.
Artist / after: Francis Wheatley (1747-1801).
Engraver: Giovanni Vendramini (1769-1839).
Source: Cries of London series.
Dimensions: Sheet 10.6 x 8.7 in (27 x 22 cm).
Condition: The paper is darkened overall in tone; no tears and no losses.
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Antique colored engraving from the Cries of London series: an itinerant knife grinder takes a pair of scissors from two young women beside his wheel, in a street at dusk. A stipple engraving by Giovanni Vendramini after the painting by Francis Wheatley.