WHEATLEY 'NEW MACKREL' CRIES OF LONDON

AFTER FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1747�1801), ENGRAVED BY NICCOL� SCHIAVONETTI JUN. (1771�1813) ANTIQUE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING WITH ETCHING ON HANDMADE PAPER, PLATE 5 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "NEW MACKREL, NEW MACKREL / MAQUEREUX, MAQUEREUX FRAIS ET GRAS", PUBLISHED JANUARY 1, 1795, BY COLNAGHI & CO., PALL MALL, LONDON PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA 13.75 X 10.5 IN PLATE 19.625 X 15.875 IN FRAMED "NEW MACKREL, NEW MACKREL" CONSTITUTES THE FIFTH COMPOSITION IN FRANCIS WHEATLEY'S HISTORIC THIRTEEN-PART SERIES "CRIES OF LONDON", PAINTED IN THE EARLY 1790S. ENGRAVED IN DELICATE STIPPLE WITH ETCHED FOUNDATIONS BY ITALIAN MASTER NICCOL� SCHIAVONETTI JUN. (1771�1813) AND ISSUED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 1795 BY COLNAGHI, THE PRINT REMAINS AN OUTSTANDING TESTAMENT TO GEORGIAN STREET COMMERCE AND DOMESTIC ARCHIVAL GRAPHICS, REPRESENTED IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART.