Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809, British
Title:
London Cries: "Turn your Copper into Silver Now before Your Eyes" (Title Page Design)
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches (19.7 x 15.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed pen and brown ink, upper center: "Twelve LONDON Cries | done from the LIfe by| P Sandby 1759 | Part 3"; in pen and brown ink lower left: "Turn your Copper into Silver now Before your Eyes."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.202
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
whip | chair | genre subject | woman | street | chest | stool | beggars | silver | man | copper | cries
Associated Places:
London | England | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 2009-07-25 - 2009-10-18)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (National Gallery of Scotland, 2009-11-07 - 2010-02-07)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, 2010-03-13 - 2010-06-13)

The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
Publications:
Stephen Daniels, Paul Sandby, picturing Britain , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, p. 137, cat. 36, NJ18 Sa56 P3 2009 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

The Art of Paul Sandby, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1985, pp. 46, 48, no. 48, NJ18 Sa56 R62 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12151