4 prints, 'personifications' showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character.

Made:
1830 in London
maker:
George Spratt
4 prints, 'personifications' showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character. 4 prints, 'personifications' showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character. 4 prints, 'personifications' showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character. 4 prints, 'personifications' showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character. 4 prints, 'personifications' showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character.

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Print. 4 Personifications, scenes showing people [men, women] constructed of artefacts embodying their character. G. Spratt. Pub. C. Tilt, 1830, printed G.E. Madeley, Wellington Street, Strand, [London]: 1. FISH. / G. Spratt del. ; Printed by G.E. Madeley, 3 Wellington Stt Strand. Pub. by C. Tilt, Fleet Street [London] 1830. lithograph, handcol; trimmed to 26.7x22cm adhered to sheet 30.8x24cm. Woman fashioned from Lobster hat, sole skirt, mussels for feet - 2. THE ITINERANT APOTHECARY / G. Spratt del. ; Printed by G. E. Madeley, 3 Wellington Stt Strand. Tilt, Fleet Street, nd. [1830]. lithograph, handcol; trimmed to 27x22cm upon sheet 30.5x23.5cm. Man fashioned from ceramic jars, pestle and mortar hat, bottles, lozenge and pill tins for feet. - 3. THE CIRCULATING LIBRARY / G. Spratt del. ; Printed by G. E. Madeley, 3 Wellington Stt Strand. nd. [ Pubd by C Tilt, 1830]. lithograph, handcol; trimmed to 20.5x16.5cm. Woman fashioned from books, runs of multivolume works, botanical illustrations. - 4. THE MINERALOGIST / G. Spratt del. ; Printed by G. E. Madeley; [Pubd by C Tilt] Fleet Street. Jany 1830. lithograph, handcol; 27.5x22cm on sheet 36x24.5cm. Man fashioned from minerals, coal hat, seated on a rock lighting a cigarette spill. nb. Adhered to paper from album; On verso of paper to no.4 are adhered three scenes 'Very dusty'; 'Very cold'; 'Very windy' Newgate St nd [approx.1820-40s] featuring pedestrians in weather conditions of discomfort, umbrellas, skates

Print, Personifications: scenes showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character

Print, Personifications: scenes showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character

1830

'The Itinerant Apothecary', print by George Spratt, London, England, 1830

'The Itinerant Apothecary', print by George Spratt, London, England, 1830

1830

Print, Personifications: scenes showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character

Print, Personifications: scenes showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character

1830

Print, Personifications: scenes showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character

Print, Personifications: scenes showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character

1830

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1989-451
Materials:
paper and lithograph
type:
print
credit:
Grosvenor Prints