Crawley [graphic]

Description

Title: Crawley [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker.
G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher.
Published / Created: [1 June 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Abstract: A crowd, gathered in the courtyard under the sign of The George Inn on the route to Brighton, examine a horse seemingly under auction; a man in the doorway holds up a hammer. People look out at the scene from the windows of the inn. Two men converse with a woman to the left as her dog looks at the scene; a traveler with a pack and walking stick sits on a stoop to adjust his shoe
Description: Title etched below image.
Third of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27.3 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Book illustrations
Aquatints England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: etching and aquatint in sepia ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Animal auctions
Audiences
Travelers
Taverns (Inns)
Subjects: Animal auctions
Audiences
Travelers
Taverns (Inns)
England > London > 1790
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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