A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door

Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Artwork: A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door
Description: This is a satirical print of a knife grinder who has come to a cottage door. The housewife stands in the doorway with her child, while the husband looks on from the window. The knife grinder is depicted as a ragged and dirty man, with a large wheel on his back. He is holding a knife in one hand and a crank in the other.
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