Comments on: Paul Sandby’s Cries Of London, 1760 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/06/22/paul-sandbys-cries-of-london-1760-2/ 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, 02 Jul 2024 07:22:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/06/22/paul-sandbys-cries-of-london-1760-2/#comment-1583889 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:30:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200063#comment-1583889 Thank you, kind GA, for presenting Mr. Sandby’s trade card. It is a keeper.
There is no better example of “complex relationship between buyer and seller” than “Shoe Cleaner”. Take another look, and spend some time with this twosome. Notice the clothing of the shoe cleaner, and may I propose that she is using her feminine charms to boost business? A fulsome bosom, lifted to great advantage by her corset, is surrounded with billowing white cloth
collar and sleeves. The visual centerpiece of her presentation is her youthful cleavage, unmistakable and intentional, methinks. Tendrils of hair have escaped her white cap; and her downward glance is earnestly focused on the work at hand, while she allows the customer to observe her. Perhaps a generous tip will be presented? Or a sly entreaty, murmured under his breath? Or both? The artist keeps our eye on the woman, providing descriptive detail, but the
shadowy young swain is also part of the story. His delicate profile, dandy clothes and wig, (even a walking stick, oh my) assure that he is of another world, but these realms have collided,
streetside.

A wonderful series, artfully realized. If indeed Mr. Sandby was a “hawker in his own right”, then we are the beneficiaries.

]]> By: Richard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/06/22/paul-sandbys-cries-of-london-1760-2/#comment-1583841 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 07:19:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200063#comment-1583841 These are great. Thanks

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/06/22/paul-sandbys-cries-of-london-1760-2/#comment-1583831 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 06:43:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200063#comment-1583831 Paul Standby has captured the poverty of most of the street traders illustrated here in their tatty clothes and often, sad faces. It must have been a hard and difficult life with little reward.
In my own research, I have found it challenging to find information other than parish records, earlier than 1800, so I savour any images of London streets and its people from that period.

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