Cries of London, No. 4

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · February 20, 1799

From this plate it seems that brickdust, in the artist's days, was sold like sand. A patient donkey is saddled with an enormous pannier of brick-dust, and the vendor is pouring the contents of a measure into a bowl, held at the door of a highly respectable residence, by a pretty maid, to whose personal captivations the attentions of the brick-dust dealer are most particularly addressed.