Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Letters from London.
Alternate Title(s):
Letters written from London
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street, 1808.
Physical Description:
[2], 52 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes an attack on the practice of selling young boys into life as chimney sweeps as well as an engraving of George Smart's 1803 invention of the chimney-sweeping machine.
Subject Terms:
London (England) -- Description and travel. | Chimney sweeps -- Great Britain. | Child labor -- Great Britain. | Chimney -- Cleaning. | Orphans -- Great Britain. | Bairn, Anna -- Provenance. | Simpson, D. -- Provenance. | Weddall, Jane -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- 1808.
Contributors:
Darton, William, 1755–1819. | Darton & Harvey (London, England), publishers.