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| Keywords: Sandwich-Carrots-Gillray.jpeg Sandwich-Carrots ”dainty Sandwich-Carrots / Js Gy ad vivam fect SUMMARY A buxom girl pushing a wheelbarrow of carrots along Bond Street looking over her shoulder at an older man possibly the son of John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich who is tugging at her apron In the background is a bookstore exhibiting the royal arms Displayed in the window are books with the titles A Chip of the old Block ; Doe Hunting an Ode by an old Buck Hound ; A List of servant Maids ; The Beauties of Bond Street ; and A Journey through Life--from Maddox Street unto Conduit Street back again According to Wright Evans Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray 1851 OCLC 59510372 p 428 The scene represented here is said to have been one of the usual amusements of Lord Sandwich A guinea was the usual mark of his attention to the lucky flower-girl or itinerant barrow-woman who attracted his glance CREATED/PUBLISHED London H Humphrey 1796 Dec 3d 1 print etching hand-colored Library of Congress Prints Photographs Division LC-USZC4-8787 color film copy transparency http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g08000/3g08700/3g08787u tif uncompressed archival TIFF version 50 MB cropped and converted to JPEG quality level 88 with the GIMP 2 4 5 No known restriction on publication other versions LOC-image cph 3g08787 PD-old-100 James Gillray John Montagu 5th Earl of Sandwich 1796 cartoons 1796 in London Aprons in art Bookshops in the City of Westminster Caricatures of the United Kingdom Carrots in art Right hand in pocket Wheelbarrows in art New Bond Street London | ||||
