There are several artists who made a 'Cries of London' series of portraits. They ussually portray hawkers and their cries, echoing in the streets around the marketplace. One of them was Marcellus Laroon.
Marcellus Laroon 1653-1702) was a Dutch painter and engraver who lived and worked in England. He was born at The Hague, the son of Marcellus Lauron, a painter of French extraction who settled in the Netherlands. Marcellus migrated in early life to England and lived for many years in Yorkshire.
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