Cries of London, No. 1
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Cries of London, No. 1

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · January 1, 1799

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

The vendor of rat-traps is pausing before a shop decorated with such live stock as a rabbit in a hutch, and a jackdaw in a cage ; he is offering his traps to a spectacled old gentleman, who is considering his ware with curiosity. The rats in a trap, carried on the trap-seller's arm, are exciting the interest of a dog.

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