WHEATLEY 'HOT SPICE GINGERBREAD' 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 12 FROM "CRIES OF LONDON", TITLED "HOT SPICE GINGERBREAD SMOKING HOT! / DU CROQUET DE PAIN D'EPICES!", PUBLISHED MAY 1, 1796, BY COLNAGHI & CO., PALL MALL, LONDON DEPICTS A GINGERBREAD BAKER AT HIS WOODEN BARROW VENDING WARES OUTSIDE COVENT GARDEN'S ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA 13.75 X 10.5 IN PLATE 19.625 X 15.875 IN FRAMED "HOT SPICE GINGERBREAD" FORMS THE TWELFTH COMPOSITION IN FRANCIS WHEATLEY'S ICONIC SUITE "CRIES OF LONDON". ENGRAVED IN FINE STIPPLE BY GIOVANNI VENDRAMINI (1769�1839) AND PUBLISHED BY COLNAGHI & CO. IN MAY 1796, THE WORK CHARMINGLY CAPTURES THE STREET LIFE AND POPULAR CONFECTIONS OF LATE 18TH-CENTURY LONDON. IMPRESSIONS OF THIS CELEBRATED HISTORIC PLATE ARE PRESERVED IN INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM.