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Knives, Scissars, and Rotors to Grind
Giovanni VendraminiJanuary 1795
- Attribution
- Giovanni Vendramini (Italian, 1769-1839) after Francis Wheatley (English, 1747-1801)
- Medium
- Stipple engraving in brown on cream laid paper
- Physical dimensions
- Image: 36 × 28.3 cm (14 3/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 41.1 × 31.5 cm (16 3/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Isaac K. Friedman
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This engraving of everyday London life comes from a series of 14 paintings by the Royal Academy painter Francis Wheatley. This series of idealized knifegrinders and cherry, match, primrose, and strawberry sellers was also available in impressions with hand coloring. Wheatley, a portrait painter to the aristocracy, came upon hard times while preparing these canvases, but the dual-language print titles (English and French) attest to the wide-ranging appeal of the engravings.
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