Sujet

'The butcher', 1740. Artist: George Bickham

Légende

'The butcher', 1740; the scene is Smithfield, by St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1740. In the foreground stands an ox skin arranged in an upright position and embellished with the tools of the butcher's trade, while stockmen and dogs drive an ox in the background. Below the view are humorous descriptive verses.

Date

1740

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A92_290

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (4,2Mo) / 29,0cm x 43,2cm / 3423 x 5098 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal England job hospital dog market trade occupation tool ox century city of london profession concept butcher B&W axe MONOCHROME cleaver oxen St Bart's St Barts animal skin butchery black & white black and white B W barts 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery animal hide Bart's Smithfield Smithfield Market St Bartholomew's Hospital TGN etching satire George George Bickham St Bart's Hospital George Bickham;Bickham Bickham George