Here little Peggy sings along the street, come buy my turnips, buy my turnips sweet [graphic].

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Title: Here little Peggy sings along the street, come buy my turnips, buy my turnips sweet [graphic].
Alternative Title: Bridewell Calton Hill from N.B.
Published / Created: [1803]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: L. Scott
Abstract: A young girl, barefoot and holding a basket of turnips, stands on a cobblestone street with a classical-style balustrade flanking the sidewalk behind her. In the distance is Calton Hill
Description: Title from verses etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Pickering & Chatto; July 2018.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 10.8 x 10 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 647 803C
Collection Title: Leaf 2v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Collection Date: Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott, bookseller end of College Drummond Street, 1803.

Genre: Cries
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1803
Engravings Scotland Edinburgh 1803
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Calton Hill (Edinburgh, Scotland),
Scotland
Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic): City & town life
Peddlers
Girls
Baskets
Vegetables
Subjects: Calton Hill (Edinburgh, Scotland)
City & town life > Scotland > Edinburgh
Peddlers
Girls
Baskets
Vegetables
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1803

Access: Public
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