Hawkers, Beggars and Quacks

Portraits from The Cries of London

Sean Shesgreen

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English

Bodleian Library
01 December 2021

Prints & printmaking; Social & cultural history

'Buy my Dish of great Eeles, Any Old Iron take money for, Twelve Pence a Peck Oysters,

Buy my fat Chickens, Fair Lemons & Oranges'

Marcellus Laroon's The Cryes of the City of London drawne after the Life presents, in seventy-four striking portraits, a panorama of London's marginal men and women: street vendors, hustlers and petty criminals together with the shouts (or cries) they used to hawk their wares, as they existed at the end of the seventeenth century.

Following an illustrated introduction which sets Laroon's engravings within the tradition of the Cries, each portrait is beautifully reproduced with a commentary that illuminates the individual street-seller and their trade. The commentaries provide a wealth of detail about their dress, the equipment they used to ply their trade, the meat and drink of those they served and their own diets. This book also mines historical archives for contemporary reports about the colourful and often desperate lives of these hawkers.

Drawing on the historic material found in the Burney Collection of English newspapers, this book provides a fascinating insight into the men and women who made their livelihood, legally and illegally, on the streets of England's capital.

By: Sean Shesgreen
Imprint: Bodleian Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 190mm,
Weight: 920g
ISBN: 9781851245512
ISBN 10: 1851245510
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 December 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sean Shesgreen (1939–2021) was Emeritus Professor of English and a Presidential Professor of Northern Illinois University.

Reviews for Hawkers, Beggars and Quacks: Portraits from The Cries of London

""A welcome addition to the literature on the underprivileged populations of European cities who sold food, sundries, and services. . . . Recommended."" * Choice *