Title

'Buy my Goose, my fat Goose', plate II of Cries of London, 1799. Artist: H Merke

Caption

'Buy my Goose, my fat Goose'. A fat tradesman stands at the door of a house chattering with an elderly couple, in each hand he holds a goose by the neck. The woman holds a third goose to her nose with an expression of suspicious anger, whilst her husband holds out both his hands in protest. Plate II of Cries of London, 1799.

Date

1799

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A93_448

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,8Mb) / 11,8in x 16,5in / 3532 x 4945 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings London England female women woman people male job man men house geese goose bird birds doorway guy occupation basket color colour anger elderly dress advertising century profession lady concept rage protest fury street seller tradesman 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery goose seller street cry street life street trader TGN satire aquatint Thomas Thomas Rowlandson;Rowlandson H Merke Merke H