The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
London Types: Hawker
1898
(British, 1872–1949)
Sheet: 50.7 x 49.6 cm (19 15/16 x 19 1/2 in.); Border: 25.5 x 23 cm (10 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 2013.87.3
Catalogue raisonné: Campbell 53A
Location: not on view
Description
At the turn of the last century, civic pride inspired stories, songs, poems, and images of London and its people—both noble and humble. William Nicholson personified Londoners, such as hawkers selling trinkets, with his London Types. The series proved so popular that William Ernst Henley composed poems to accompany each print. Tourists could imagine encountering each of Nicholson's characters, from the barmaid to the beefeater, and locals could say, "I know him."- Gallery One rotation: April 21, 2015 - November 2, 2015.Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
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