Here's Your Potatoes Four Full Pound for Two Pence [upper left]; Buy My Moss Roses or Dainty Sweet Briar [upper right]; Light Your Honor, Coach Unhired [lower left]; Pray Remember the Blind [lower right] by Thomas Rowlandson

Here's Your Potatoes Four Full Pound for Two Pence [upper left]; Buy My Moss Roses or Dainty Sweet Briar [upper right]; Light Your Honor, Coach Unhired [lower left]; Pray Remember the Blind [lower right] 1811

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Dimensions: sheet: 37.5 × 26.2 cm (14 3/4 × 10 5/16 in.)

Copyright: CC0 1.0

Editor: This is Thomas Rowlandson's print, "Here's Your Potatoes... Pray Remember the Blind." It seems to depict street scenes, almost like snapshots of daily life in old London. What can you tell me about the society captured in this print? Curator: Rowlandson's work gives us insight into the social fabric of his time. Consider the titles of each scene: they're all economic appeals. What does this reveal about the public role of art in Georgian England? Editor: It seems like art was used to comment on and maybe even critique the class system. Curator: Precisely. It’s not just a pretty picture; it's a commentary on the economic realities and social interactions of the era.

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