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Costume of an Italian rat-catcher, 17th century. In wide-brim hat, doublet, breeches, hose and shoes. With a square cloth painted with rats and mice fastened to a pole. Rats or mice to kill. Copied from Simon Guillini's etching of Annibal Caracci's illustration in Cries of Bologna, 1646. Copperplate engraving drawn 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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Costume of an Italian rat-catcher, 17th century. In wide-brim hat, doublet, breeches, hose and shoes. With a square cloth painted with rats and mice fastened to a pole. Rats or mice to kill. Copied from Simon Guillini's etching of Annibal Caracci's illustration in Cries of Bologna, 1646. Copperplate engraving drawn 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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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
4593 x 7166 px | 94.2 MB
Print size:
38.9 x 60.7 cm | 15.3 x 23.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1646 • 17TH CENTURY • 17TH • 1839 • ANNIBAL CARACCI • BANNER • BREECHES • CAPITALISM • CELEBRITY • CHARACTERS • CITY OF LONDON • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • COSTUME • CRIES OF BOLOGNA • CRIES OF LONDON, THE • DESTITUTE • DISGUISE • DOUBLET • DRAWN • ENGRAVED • ETCHING • FAMOUS • FLAG • FRANCIS DOUCE • GEORGIAN • HOSE • ILLUSTRATION • ITALIA • ITALIAN • ITALY • JOHN BOWYER NICHOLS • JOHN THOMAS SMITH • LONDON • LOWER CLASSES • MASQUERADE • MICE • OCCUPATION • PAINTED • POLE • POVERTY • PROFESSION • RAT-CATCHER • RATS OR MICE TO KILL • RATS • REGENCY • SHOE • SHOES • SIMON GUILLINI • SQUARE CLOTH • TRADE • TRADESMEN • VAGABONDIANA 2 • WIDE-BRIM HAT • WORK • WORKER • WORKING CLASS • WORKING POOR • WORKING-CLASS
