https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/12/05/francis-wheatleys-cries-of-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 06 Dec 2022 19:27:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/12/05/francis-wheatleys-cries-of-london/#comment-1493625 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 19:27:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193967#comment-1493625 What a revelation, these astonishing paintings carrying so much historical social context, equal to many important paintings in the ‘canon’. Thank you for showing these and opening our eyes. Such an interesting juxtaposition to paintings showing people posed to dominate the lands, or to promote the bloodline: these paintings show people in their specific work which was so much part of the daily life of their communities.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/12/05/francis-wheatleys-cries-of-london/#comment-1493477 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:12:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193967#comment-1493477 Reminds me of the lovely hot chestnut seller outside Whitechapel Station and the man who came with a donkey and peas in cart in Milward st where I lived.. My Baba used to break a few peas open to see if there were any worms before buying.

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