Anon Collection (page 96)

Ripe Assparagus, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Ripe Assparagus, (c1688?). An asparagus seller, standing with her arms folded, a large basket of asparagus balanced on her head. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Maids Buy a Mop, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Maids Buy a Mop, (c1688?). A mop seller, carrying a bundle of mops on her head. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Buy a fine Table Basket, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Buy a fine Table Basket, (c1688?). A basket seller, carrying several baskets on her head, and a number of straw hats. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Old Sattin, Old Taffaty or Velvet, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Old Sattin, Old Taffaty or Velvet, (c1688?). A collector of second-hand fabric, wearing a large hat and carrying a basket of material. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Delicate Concumbers to Pickle, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Delicate Concumbers to Pickle, (c1688?). A cucumber seller, carrying a basket on her head and a bundle under her arm. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Any Kitchen Stuff have you Maids, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Any Kitchen Stuff have you Maids, (c1688?). A collector of kitchen fat, carrying a tub on her head. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Buy a Fork or a Fire Shovel, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Buy a Fork or a Fire Shovel, (c1688?). A fork and fire shovel seller, carrying samples of her wares. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

The Merry MilkMaid, Cries of London, (c1688?)
The Merry MilkMaid, (c1688?). A milkmaid, carrying a large urn with smaller jugs attached to it, on her head. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Buy my Dish of great Eels, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Buy my Dish of great Eels, (c1688?). An eel seller, holding a bowl, and a carrying a large basket on her head. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Maids any Cunny Skins, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Maids any Cunny Skins, (c1688?). A coney or rabbit skin seller, holding several rabbit skins under either arm. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

The Balloon Kettle, St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, 1852. A large kettle mounted on a cart

St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, c1775. A large woman having difficulty passing through a gap in a fence, much to the amusement of the men near by

Borough High Street, Southwark, London, c1835. View of the approach to London Bridge along Borough High Street, with St Saviours church, (now Southwark Cathedral)

Borough High Street, Southwark, London, c1820. An four-storey ancient house with bay windows and ornate carving or plasterwork on the outside

Borough High Street, Southwark, London, c1750
View of the Boars Head Tavern and Baxters beefsteak and chop house, on Borough High Street, Southwark, London, c1750

Borough High Street, Southwark, London, c1729. Artist: R Sheppard
View of Borough High Street, Southwark, London, c1729 showing the open market, in the foreground, the Town Hall, and St George the Martyr, Southwark

The Cockney in a Slough, 1804. A cockney on horseback is enticed into a mire by a country yokel who claims that the ground is firm

The Corsican Bajazet in London, 1803; A sailor displays Napoleon Bonaparte I in a parrot cage. Six Londoners inspect Napoleon and make inane comments

Predatory lawyers, 1770. A gullible citizen between two lawyers; the one on the left knowingly lays his finger to his nose while the other smiles reassuringly at his client in a satire on legal

The expense of lawyers, 1770. A smug lawyer in a lace shirt about to eat an oyster while giving a half-shell to two miserable looking men; a reference to the high cost of legal fees

The Lottery Contrast, 1760. The entrance to Touchpenny, Fortune and Winalls State Lottery Office; clerks are at a table within; oyster woman exulting over winnings

The aldermans dinner, 1775. An obese alderman eats gluttonously; his slimmer companion, bent over a plate, evidently suffers from gout as his bandaged foot rests on a cushion

A Cockney at a Fox Hunt, 1779; a bald cit is thrown from his horse after jumping a fence

The Ladies Contrivance, 1777. Two sedan chairs pass on the cobbled street, the nearer one has been specially enlarged to accommodate a woman sporting an enormous hair-style which was the fashion of

The Finishing of an Aldermans Picture, 1773; an aldermans wife reclines on a sofa whilst her lover adds cuckolds horns to her husbands portrait

A Temple Macaroni, 1772; an exquisite with a waist-length pigtail and a simpering expression minces along while a dog, also with a long tail, trots along beside him

Middle Temple Macaroni, c1772; showing a young man ( possibly an actor), with sword and in macaroni garb, standing in profile.The quotation underneath

The Unfortunate Beau, 1772; a maid takes out her mop to the great distress of a passing beau whose clothes are splattered

The City Tonsor, 1771. A corpulent man is holding three wigs on a stand; the one on the right is like that worn by macaronis

Marble Arch and street trams, London, 1860. Artist: Macdonald
View of two street trams in front of Marble Arch, London, 1860

Duck pond at St Marylebone, c1802
View of the duck pond and part of the tea gardens, at St Marylebone, London, c1802. Also showing what might either be the Jews Harp Public House or the Queens Head and Artichoke Inn, St Marylebone

Tram in Kennington, London, c1870
View of a horse drawn tram in Kennington passing St Mark, London, c1870

Hill in Brixton, London, 1782
View on a hill near the five mile stone on the road to Streatham, London, 1782. In the foreground figures can be seen gathered round a fire while a horse and rider gallop past on the road

Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, 1803. Artist: Samuel Rawle
View of the north front of Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, 1803. Depicts a figure being stretchered through the front gates

Unidentified Marital Scene, c1800-c1850. One of eight mirror paintings depicting marital scenes. The scene may illustrate the San Guo Zhi Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Regents Canal and Southampton Bridge, London, c1880
View of Regents Canal and Southampton Bridge, Camden, London, c1880; looking east

Opening of London Bridge, 1831. Artist: James Catnach
View of the opening of London Bridge in 1831 with the royal procession in boats on the River Thames and a hot air balloon in the sky. Beneath this view is text on the entertainment arrangements

Flower Girl, c1800-c1899. Portrait of a flower girl

Cavendish Square, St Marylebone, London, 1813
View of the north side of Cavendish Square, St Marylebone, London, 1813; also showing no 51 of Ackermanns Repository of Arts

The diversion of battledore and shittlecock, c1745, taken from an orignal painting in Vauxhall Gardens, London; an interior scene showing a man and woman playing a game of shuttlecock together

Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, c1745
Scene showing Mademoiselle Catherina in the centre apparently providing entertainment due to her small size for a gathering of fashionably dressed figures

Building houses with cards, c1745. Artist: Benjamin Cole
Building houses with cards ; interior scene showing a group of men, women and children playing with cards, taken from an original painting from Vauxhall Gardens, c1745

Playing the game at quadrille, c1745
Playing the game at quadrille ; interior scene showing a group of men and woman playing a game of cards, taken from an original painting from Vauxhall Gardens, c1745

The Stealing of a Kiss, c1745, interior scene depicting a woman about to kiss a man, who gives the appearance of being asleep, his wig has fallen as he lies with outstretched legs

Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1850
Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1820; open every evening except Saturday; American Wonders, Ella and Leon, Herr Sommers Band, French Equestrian Troupe

The Humorous Diversion of the Country Play at Blindmans Buff, Vauxhall Gardens, London, c1745
The Humorous Diversion of the Country Play at Blindmans Buff, Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1745; showing five figures playing with a blindfolded young man

The Exercise of See Saw, Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1745; showing a young man and woman on a see-saw. As the woman loses her balance she is thrown into the arms of another man standing

Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1751
View of Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1751; showing the Grand Walk at the entrance and the orchestra

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