Images of the outcast : the urban poor in the cries of London from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century

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Label

Images of the outcast : the urban poor in the cries of London from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century

Title remainder

the urban poor in the cries of London from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century

Creator

• Shesgreen, Sean, 1939-

Subject

• London (England) -- Social conditions -- 17th century
• London (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
• London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
• Society
• Cries -- England | London -- History
• Street vendors in art
• Urban poor -- England | Lonon -- History
• Urban poor in art
• Street vendors -- England | London -- History

Language

eng

Summary

'Cries', artistic representations of the various denizens of London's streets including prostitutes, beggars and tinkers, were produced between 1580 and 1900. This study analyses the representation behind the art of the 'Cries' in a social, cultural and historical context

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 305.5'69'09421'0903
• 305.569

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

specialized