Itinerant Print Seller

Anne Claude Philippe Caylus (1692-1765) after Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762), etching, 1738

A young man is selling printed works on paper in a street in Paris. He holds a partially unfurled roll of paper, revealing its title: ‘Studies of the Lower Class or the Cries of Paris.’ This etching is a title plate for a series of etchings that Caylus made after drawings of Parisian street life by fellow artist Edme Bouchardon.

  • Artwork typeprint, titelprent
  • Object numberRP-P-2015-26-75
  • Dimensionsheight 241 mm x width 187 mm
  • Physical characteristicsets