WHEATLEY 'FRESH GATHERED PEAS' CRIES OF LONDON

AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY GIOVANNI VENDRAMINI (1769�1839) ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE PAPER, PLATE 7 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "FRESH GATHERED PEAS YOUNG HASTINGS / POIS RAM�S, POIS NOUVEAUX ECORC�S", PUBLISHED JANUARY 1, 1795, BY COLNAGHI & CO., PALL MALL, LONDON. DEPICTS STREET MERCHANTS DISPENSING FRESH PEAS FROM A HORSE-DRAWN CART INTO A WOMAN'S APRON PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA 13.75 X 10.5 IN PLATE 19.625 X 15.875 IN FRAMED "FRESH GATHERED PEAS" FORMS THE SEVENTH ENGRAVED COMPOSITION WITHIN FRANCIS WHEATLEY'S FAMED SUITE "CRIES OF LONDON", RECORDING THE PICTURESQUE TRADERS OF LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN. MASTERFULLY TRANSLATED INTO STIPPLE WITH ETCHED ACCENTS BY ITALIAN PRINTMAKER GIOVANNI VENDRAMINI (1769�1839) AND ISSUED ON JANUARY 1, 1795, BY COLNAGHI & CO., THE WORK REMAINS A CLASSIC DOCUMENT OF GEORGIAN SOCIAL LIFE, PRESERVED IN INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST.