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Irish match-seller and street entertainer Thomas McConwick, the dancing ballad-singer on the west side of London. In hat with sprig of flowers, great coat, wide trousers, with shillelagh. Singing the Irish song "Sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green." Copperplate engraving drawn from life and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839.
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Caption:
Irish match-seller and street entertainer Thomas McConwick, the dancing ballad-singer on the west side of London. In hat with sprig of flowers, great coat, wide trousers, with shillelagh. Singing the Irish song "Sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green." Copperplate engraving drawn from life and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839.
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Image size:
4603 x 7224 px | 95.1 MB
Print size:
39.0 x 61.2 cm | 15.3 x 24.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1839 • BLOOM • BLOSSOM • CAPITALISM • CELEBRITY • CHARACTERS • CITY OF LONDON • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CRIES OF LONDON, THE • DANCING BALLAD-SINGER • DESTITUTE • DRAWN • ENGRAVED • FAMOUS • FLOWER • FLOWERS • FRANCIS DOUCE • GEORGIAN • GREAT COAT • HAT • HAT • HEADGEAR • IRISH MATCH SELLER • IRISH SONG • JOHN BOWYER NICHOLS • JOHN THOMAS SMITH • LONDON • LOWER CLASSES • OCCUPATION • PERFORMER • POVERTY • PROFESSION • REGENCY • SHILLELAGH • SINGING • SPRIG OF SHILLELAH AND SHAMROCK SO GREEN • SPRIG • STREET ENTERTAINER • THOMAS MCCONWICK • TRADE • TRADESMEN • VAGABONDIANA 2 • WEST • WIDE TROUSERS • WORK • WORKER • WORKING CLASS • WORKING POOR • WORKING-CLASS
