The New York Cries, in Rhyme

ca. 1830

Not on view

This pamphlet-style children's book has a cream paper cover adorned with a wood engraving of boys picking apples. A front yellow flyleaf is printed with cartouche and bouquets and inscribed with early owner's name. Four pages of cries follow, mostly printed from the blocks used to create Mahlon Day's "Cries of New York" (first ed. 1824, reissued 1835; see 54.90.1619). New here is an image of a woman selling fruit titled "Buy Here." The remaining illustrations represent sellers of mats, milk, sand, beans & peas, potatoes, brooms, hot corn, radishes, matches, oranges, strawberries, radishes, and clams, and show figures offering services: a knife or scissor grinder, chimney sweep and locksmith. A yellow back flyleaf is illustrated with a wood engraving of a family in an interior.

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Title: The New York Cries, in Rhyme
Publisher: Samuel P. Brown (American, active ca. 1830)
Published in: New York
Date: ca. 1830
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
Dimensions: 9 3/16 × 5 11/16 in. (23.3 × 14.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Object Number: 54.90.1620
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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