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THESE TWO REALLY EXQUISITE "CRIES OF LONDON" PRINTS HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED AND VERY WELL PRESENTED. THE PRINTS MEASURE 52 cm x 41.5 cm INCLUDING THE FRAME AND 24 cm x 33 cm WITHOUT. THEY ARE PRINTS FROM THE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS BY FRANCIS WHEATLEY. SEE THE LINK BELOW FOR SOME GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAINTER AND HIS OILS. THE PRINTS INCLUDE ROUND AND SOUND FIVEPENCE A POUND DUKE CHERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES, SCARLET STRAWBERRIES. THE SCENES REALLY TAKES ONE BACK TO THE 1700's AND YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN THOSE YEARS. THE PRINTS ARE BEHIND GLASS.
"FRANCIS WHEATLEY EXHIBITED HIS SERIES OF OIL PAINTINGS ENTITLED THE “CRIES OF LONDON” AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY BETWEEN 1792 AND 1795. TWO YEARS EARLIER, THE FORTY-ONE YEAR OLD PAINTER HAD BEEN ELECTED TO THE ACADEMY IN PREFERENCE TO THE KING’S NOMINEE AND, AS A CONSEQUENCE, HE NEVER SECURED ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONS FOR PORTRAITS FROM THE ARISTOCRACY. LOSING HIS INCOME ENTIRELY, WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE CROWNING GLORY OF HIS CAREER WAS ITS UNRAVELLING – WHEATLEY WAS DECLARED INSOLVENT IN 1793 AND STRUGGLED TO MAKE A LIVING UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1801, WHEN THE ROYAL ACADEMY PAID HIS FUNERAL EXPENSES. YET IN THE MIDST OF THIS TURMOIL, WHEATLEY CREATED THESE SUBLIME IMAGES OF STREET SELLERS THAT – ALTHOUGH SEEN AT THE TIME AS OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE BESIDE HIS ARISTOCRATIC PORTRAITS – ARE NOW THE WORKS UPON WHICH HIS REPUTATION RESTS"
LINK: spitalfieldslife.com/2011/01/26/wheatleys-cries-of-london/
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