Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian

after Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British

Published by Colnaghi, established 1760, active ca. 1785–1911, Italian, active in Britain
Title:
Two Bunches of Penny Primroses, Two Bunches a Penny
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color printed etching, aquatint, and stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 13 1/4 inches (42.9 × 33.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "The extremely rare first issue of this Plate with 'first plate of the Cries of London'"; lower middle: "q3000" | encircled "13"; lower left: "12926 | 13" | "9"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1974.12.2
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dog (animal) | windows | flowers (plants) | city | children | arches | genre subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)

Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
Sean Shesgreen, Hawkers, beggars and quacks : portraits from the Cries of London, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2021, pp. 10-11, no. 2, NJ18 .L297 S54 2021 (LC)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23434