H Merke Collection

The Dead Tiger; Mort du tigre, 1807 (hand-coloured aquatint)
1196715 The Dead Tiger; Mort du tigre, 1807 (hand-coloured aquatint) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822) (after); 46x58.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Hot cross Bunns two a penny Bunns, plate VIII of Cries of London, 1799. Artist
Hot cross Bunns two a penny Bunns. Plate VIII of Cries of London, 1799. A stout woman sells buns to a woman with three children standing in their doorway

All a growing, a growing, heres Flowers for you Gardens, plate VI of Cries of London, 1799
All a growing, a growing, heres Flowers for you Gardens. A plant seller, with a two-wheeled cart drawn by an ass, sells pot plants to a young woman on the doorstep

Do you want any brick-dust, plate VI of Cries of London, 1799. Artist: H Merke
Do you want any brick-dust. A pretty young maidservant stands on a doorstep, while the crier gazes into her face and fills her bowl with brick dust

Last dying speech and Confession, plate III of Cries of London, 1799. Artist: H Merke
Last dying speech and Confession. A stout, ragged woman bawls out her broadsides. In a doorway behind stands a woman holding an infant with a boy and dog next to her

Buy my Goose, my fat Goose, plate II of Cries of London, 1799. Artist: H Merke
Buy my Goose, my fat Goose. A fat tradesman stands at the door of a house chattering with an elderly couple, in each hand he holds a goose by the neck

Buy a Trap, a Rat Trap, buy my Trap, plate I of Cries of London, 1799. Artist
Buy a Trap, a Rat Trap, buy my Trap. A ragged man offers traps to an old man whilst children examine a rabbit in a wicker cage and a dog snarls at two rats in one of the traps

Native Americans fishing by torchlight in North America, 1813. Artist: H Merke
Native Americans fishing by torchlight in North America, 1813

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