Item #51-0781 Blind beggar attended by a boy from Etchings of Remarkable Beggars, Itinerant Traders, and Other Persons of Notoriety in London and Its Environs. John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith.

Blind beggar attended by a boy from Etchings of Remarkable Beggars, Itinerant Traders, and Other Persons of Notoriety in London and Its Environs.

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). Blind beggar attended by a boy. From a drawing made in West Smithfield. Well known about Finsbury Square and Bunhill Row. His cant is, "Do, my worthy tender hearted Christians, remember the blind; pray, pity the stone-dark blind." Item #51-0781

Price: $300.00

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