May-Day Gaiety

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May-Day gaiety.

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Artist

Name:
Smith, John Thomas
Dates:
1766-1833
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Etching
Engraver:
Smith, John Thomas
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Lives of famous London beggars
Author:
Smith, John Thomas
Publisher:
London: Diprose and Bateman, n.d. [1897]
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Description:

A man and a smaller masked figure holding a stick bearing a basket adorned with plants and bells are seen wearing fancy clothes. The full caption goes on:

These men hire old dresses, and join the Cinder-sifter’s or Bunter’s Garland, or Jack in the Green, etc., and exhibit all sorts of grimace and ribaldry, to extort money from their numerous admirers.

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