{"product_id":"hawkers-beggars-and-quacks-sean-shesgreen-9781851245512","title":"Hawkers, Beggars and Quacks: Portraits from the Cries of London","description":"\u003cb\u003eSeventy-four striking portraits of men and women on the margins of London society in the seventeenth century--including street vendors and petty criminals.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Buy my Dish of great Eeles, Any Old Iron take money for, Twelve Pence a Peck Oysters, Buy my fat Chickens, Fair Lemons \u0026amp; Oranges.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the end of the seventeenth century, the artist Marcellus Laroon became well known for a series of drawings that illustrated London's marginal men and women: street vendors, hustlers, and petty criminals. This set of drawings came to be known as \u003ci\u003eThe Cries of London\u003c\/i\u003e after the shouts and cries vendors used to hawk their wares. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHawkers, Beggars and Quacks\u003c\/i\u003e presents seventy-four of Laroon's striking portraits. Following an illustrated introduction that contextualizes \u003ci\u003eThe Cries of London\u003c\/i\u003e, each portrait is beautifully reproduced with a commentary on the individual street-seller and their trade. These commentaries provide a wealth of detail about each seller's dress, the equipment they used to ply their trade, their own diets, and the diets of those they served. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on historic material found in the British Library's Burney Collection of English newspapers, \u003ci\u003eHawkers, Beggars and Quacks\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating insight into the men and women who made their livelihood--legally and illegally--on the streets of England's capital.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Shesgreen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1851245510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781851245512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022","brand":"Sean Shesgreen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045506838783,"sku":"9781851245512","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dcf02a50-b742-4ef7-beee-0e6e016c6dbd.jpg?v=1684979163","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hawkers-beggars-and-quacks-sean-shesgreen-9781851245512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}