A History of the Cries of London, Ancient and Modern
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A History of the Cries of London, Ancient and Modern quotes a remark that we frequently meet with the pieman in old prints, and that in Hogarth's March to Finchley there he stands in the very centre of the crowd, grinning with delight at the adroitness of one robbery, while he is himself the victim of another. The text says the pieman of the last century perambulated the streets in professional costume, and gathers from the burly dimensions of his wares that he kept his trade alive by the laudable practice of giving a good pennyworth for a penny.
A note says it appears that soon after publication it was pointed out to Bewick that the nakedness of a prominent part of his subject required to be a little more covered. A list of entries includes, among others, Costermongers, Cries of Bologna and Cries of London ever popular.
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- Charles Hindley
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