Julius Mendes Price’s London Types
It is my greatest delight to show these examples of London Types, designed and written by the celebrated war artist Julius Mendes Price and issued with Carreras Black Cat Cigarettes in 1919. After months of searching, these are the latest acquisition in my ever-growing collection of London Street Cries down through the ages. Some of these images – such as the cats’ meat man – are barely changed from earlier centuries, yet others – such as the telephone girl – are undeniably part of the modern world.
You may also like to take a look at these other sets of the Cries of London
More John Player’s Cries of London
More Samuel Pepys’ Cries of London
Geoffrey Fletcher’s Pavement Pounders
William Craig Marshall’s Itinerant Traders
H.W.Petherick’s London Characters
John Thomson’s Street Life in London
Aunt Busy Bee’s New London Cries
Marcellus Laroon’s Cries of London
William Nicholson’s London Types
Francis Wheatley’s Cries of London
John Thomas Smith’s Vagabondiana of 1817
John Thomas Smith’s Vagabondiana II
John Thomas Smith’s Vagabondiana III
Thomas Rowlandson’s Lower Orders
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Fantastic. I knew about Carreras’ Black Cat Cigarettes, but I had no idea these cards existed.
There is a noticeable tone of respect given to all these occupations which is very refreshing.
And- how many of both the “old” & the “new” occupations no longer exist…
“Messenger Boy” / Telephone Girl” / Nightwatchman / Lamplighter / Ratcatcher / Organ-Grinder / Recruiting-Serjeant / Newspaper-Boy / Bill-Poster ( “Who is innocent!”)
And etc, too ….
More change in the last 50 years than the previous 500?
Oh & no Knife-Grinder, either, whom I can remember ….
Shoe-Blacks have reappeared as low-level poverty has done so – not a good sign, that.
Like an updated Mayhew’s Characters. Very interesting.