|
GEORGE BAXTER (1804-1867)
A GROUP OF 25 ILLUSTRATED PLAYER'S CIGARETTE CARDS DEPICTING
ENGLISH STREET VENDORS
Individually matted and framed in a single frame
View larger image for details of each card.
Top row, L to R:
1. DOOR MATS WANTED?
2. NEW
POTATOES
3. OLD
CLOAKS, SUITS OR COATS
4. FAIR
LEMONS AND ORANGES
5. SMALL
COALE
6. BUY
MY FOUR ROPES OF HARD ONIONS.
7. BUY
A FINE SINGING BIRD.
8. BUY
MY FINE SINGING GLASSES.
Middle row, L to
R:
1. BUY MY DUTCH BASKETS.
2. BRASS
POTT OR AN IRON POTT TO MEND.
3. ANY
WORK FOR JOHN COOPER.
4. BUY
MY CURDS AND WHEY.
5. COWCUMBERS
TO PICKLE.
6. RIPE
ASPARAGUS
7. BUY
MY FAT CHICKENS
8. FINE
WRITING INK
9. DIDDLE,
DIDDLE, DIDDLE DUMPLENS, HO!
Bottom row, L to
R:
1. TWELVE PENCE A PECK OYSTERS!
2. MAIDS,
BUY A MOP.
3. KNIVES,
COMBS OR INKHORNES.
4. BUY
MY RIGHT YORKSHIRE CAKES. BUY MY MUFFINS.
5. WOOD,
THREE BUNDLES A PENNY.
6. HOT
PEAS.
7. WINDMILLS
8. ROASTING-JACKS,
TOASTING-FORKS, FILES ORSKEWERS |
|
|