A bankrupt cart, or, The road to ruin in the east! [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A bankrupt cart, or, The road to ruin in the east! [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Road to ruin in the east
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher. - Published / Created
- November 5, 1799.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
- Abstract
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"A plebeian family of 'cits' drive in a rough two-wheeled cart (aping a fashionable gig) drawn by a clumsy carthorse. The man drives, wearing cocked hat and top-boots; his wife, wearing large feathers in her small straw cap, holds up a fan. Both are absurdly complacent. A boy and girl are crammed in. Behind rides a fat and grinning footman, with plodding dog. On the extreme right a newsboy with the 'London Gazette' blows his horn. Behind (left) is an open doorway inscribed 'Mash Brewer'; within are casks. The wall is inscribed 'Puddle Dock', and on it are two bills: 'Theatre Royal Covent Garden the Comedy of the Bankrupt with High Life Below Stairs and A House to be let in Grosvenor Square Suitable for a Genteel Family' (they appear to be bound for this house). Houses form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Temporary local subject terms: 'Cits' -- Vehicles: carts -- Breweries -- Mash-- Newspapers: London Gazette -- Newsboys -- Reference to Theatre Royal, Covent Garden -- Literature: reference to High Life Below Stairs by James Townley (1714-1778) -- Reference to The Bankrupt by Samuel Foote ( 1720-1777) -- Grosvenor Square -- Puddle Dock -- Female dress: plumed hats -- Expressions of speech: 'road to ruin'.
Mounted on leaf 52 of volume 6 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 24.4 x 36.6 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 6
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 8204298
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791792
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