Author: Smith, John Thomas 'Antiquity' (1766-1833)
Title: Two Blind Beggars from Etchings of Remarkable Beggars, Itinerant Traders, and Other Persons of Notoriety in London and Its Environs
Description: London: John Thomas Smith, 1816. One of the rare handcoloured etchings from the portfolio from a set on Whatman wove paper, some watermarked J. Whatman 1812. 14 x 11 inches sheet size. (355 x 280 mm). A blind beggar well known at fairs near the metropolis; declares himself "a poor Spaniard man. .

Keywords: Cries of London


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