*NEW* P & O Lines. S.S. "Strathnaver" Menu - London Cries

2 pp. 8.5x5.5", cover illustration of "Cherries". [Southampton]: P. & O. Lines, Oct. 22, 1953.

One of a series of London Cries painted as menu covers for P & O Lines. This image is for the cry "Cherry Ripe, All Round and Sound, by the Stick or by the Pound," with a brief history of London cries (sales pitches yelled on the streets of London in centuries past) and the female cherry-sellers of London. A Shakespeare poem about cherry criers is included in text. Very good.