May-Day in London [graphic]

Description

Title: May-Day in London [graphic]
Creator: Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Collings, Samuel, artist.
Harrison and Co. (London, England), publisher.
Published / Created: June 1, 1784.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Abstract: "May-Day; a busy urban street festival; milkmaids with their 'garlands' - headresses of plate, greenery and brushes; chimney sweepers, a violinist with an artificial leg, and others."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 21.1 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Mounted to 32 x 26 cm.
Mounted on page 57 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Provenance: With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran. Schatzki, lot 1193; June 1961;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.6 x 23 cm, on sheet 22 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title: Volume 1, opposite page [161] Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Collection/Other Creator: Wit's magazine, or, Library of Momus. King, Richard, Esq.
Collection Date: London : Printed for Harrison and Co., 1784. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].