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William Conway, second-generation itinerant spoon seller of Crab Tree Row, Bethnall Green. Born in 1752, drawn from life in 1819. In top hat with leather bag of old and new spoons. Shoes made of upper leather from old boots. Hard metal spoons to sell or change. Copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839.
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William Conway, second-generation itinerant spoon seller of Crab Tree Row, Bethnall Green. Born in 1752, drawn from life in 1819. In top hat with leather bag of old and new spoons. Shoes made of upper leather from old boots. Hard metal spoons to sell or change. Copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839.
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4587 x 7214 px | 94.7 MB
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38.8 x 61.1 cm | 15.3 x 24.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1839 • BETHNALL GREEN • CAPITALISM • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CHARACTERS • CITY OF LONDON • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CRAB TREE ROW • CRIES OF LONDON, THE • DESTITUTE • DRAWN • ENGRAVED • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FRANCIS DOUCE • GEORGIAN • HARD METAL SPOONS TO SELL OR CHANGE • ITINERANT • JOHN BOWYER NICHOLS • JOHN THOMAS SMITH • LEATHER BAG • LONDON • LONDON. • LOWER CLASSES • NEW • OCCUPATION • OLD BOOTS • OLD • POVERTY • PROFESSION • REGENCY • SECOND-GENERATION • SHOE • SHOES • SPOON SELLER • SPOONS • TOP HAT • TRADE • TRADESMEN • UPPER LEATHER • VAGABONDIANA 2 • WILLIAM CONWAY • WORK • WORKER • WORKING CLASS • WORKING POOR • WORKING-CLASS
