Billingsgate–Opening of the Market (verso); Coffee Shop, Petticoat Lane (verso); The Butcher, Newport Market Alley (verso); Off Billingsgate (recto), from "London: A Pilgrimage by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold", from "Harper's Weekly"
Artwork Details
- Title:Billingsgate–Opening of the Market (verso); Coffee Shop, Petticoat Lane (verso); The Butcher, Newport Market Alley (verso); Off Billingsgate (recto), from "London: A Pilgrimage by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold", from "Harper's Weekly"
- Series/Portfolio:London: A Pilgrimage
- Engraver:Hélidore-Joseph Pisan (French, Marseille 1822–1890 Bailly)
- Engraver:Alphonse Jean-Baptiste Vien (French, born 1814)
- Engraver:Félix-Jean Gauchard (French, Paris 1825–1872 Paris)
- Author:William Blanchard Jerrold (British, London 1826–1884 London)
- Artist:After Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris)
- Publisher:Harper's Weekly (American, 1857–1916)
- Date:February 22, 1873
- Medium:Wood engraving
- Dimensions:sheet: 15 13/16 x 10 3/4 in. (40.2 x 27.3 cm)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (24.5 x 20 cm) - Classification:Prints
- Credit Line:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929
- Object Number:29.88.9(27)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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