The Old Woman of Threadneedle St
The Old Woman of Threadneedle St
Record No
18268
Title
The Old Woman of Threadneedle St
Description
"The Old Woman of Threadneedle Street"; this is probably a protest against the Act restricting the issue of small notes by the Bank in 1826.
Date of execution
1826
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
Satirical Print Collection
Engraver
Standidge & Co.
Publisher
Knight, J.
Notes
Shows a stout boy (Governor Norman?) carrying a basket of pies confessing his inability to sell "Three halfpenny rice puddings"; his grandmother (the Bank of England) rates him and warns him that she will be reduced to rags and her rest disturbed.
Medium
lithograph
Support
paper
Longest dimension
36cms
Shortest dimension
26cms
Picture type
allegory/satire
Catalogue No
p5430751
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