Buy A Bunch! Parody on the Bavarian Girl's Song Buy A Broom, Sung by Madame Vestris.
by TAYLOR, William
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[London],: Whiting, Printer, Beaufort House, Strand,, [c1840]. 220 by 280mm (8.75 by 11 inches).. Prints,""Taylor's Water-Cress Song. W is for Watercress Farmer Engraved and letterpress broadside, folded to make 4 pages Only known example of William Taylor's advertisement for his award-winning watercress. Known as """"poor man bread"""", watercress was first successfully cultivated en-masse in Kent from 1808. According to his advertisement, Taylor had been awarded a medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for the superior quality of his watercress, grown on his land in Uxbridge. By the 1860s, watercress was being brought into London by freight train. The history of watercress consumption is not a happy one. Near-destitute """"watercress girls"""", who sold the vitamin-rich plants by the bunch on the streets of London, were often the subject of art, and their distinctive cry of """"Fresh wo-orter-creases"""" was recorded as early as the late eighteenth century, as one of the first human sounds of the day (Henry Mayhew 'London Labour and the London Poor'). The London Post Office Directory for 1843 includes an entry for William Taylor's Fruit & Oyster Warehouse, at 8 Bear street, Leicester square. A similar item is recorded in the Forster collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London MORE TO COME
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17706
- Title
- Buy A Bunch! Parody on the Bavarian Girl's Song Buy A Broom, Sung by Madame Vestris.
- Author
- TAYLOR, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Whiting, Printer, Beaufort House, Strand,
- Place of Publication
- [London],
- Date Published
- [c1840]
- Keywords
- Watercress, poverty, London cries, horticulture, agriculture, starvation, trade card""
- Size
- 220 by 280mm (8.75 by 11 inches).
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About the Seller
Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
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London
About Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
Daniel Crouch Rare Books is specialist dealer in antique atlases, maps, plans, sea charts and voyages dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Our carefully selected stock also includes a number of fine prints and globes, and a selection of cartographic reference books.Our particular passions include rare atlases, wall maps, and separately published maps and charts. We strive to acquire unusual and quirky maps that are in fine condition. We are members of the following trade associations: The Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (ABA); The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA); Confédération Internationale des Négociantes en Oeuvres d'Art (CINOA); The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD); and The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF). Daniel and Nick are also both members of The Company of Art Scholars, Dealers, and Collectors.
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