"The dignified houses of Pall Mall, receding in perspective from right to left, form a background to a crowd of carriages and pedestrians all fashionably dressed except for a woman carrying a basket."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Title etched below image., and Two lines of quoted verse on either side of title: "O bear me to the paths of fair Pall Mall, safe are thy pavemts., grateful is thy smell ...
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Companion print: The holy friar., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Six lines of verse below design: After supper of heaven I dream. But that is faith pullets & clouted [sic] cream ..., and Title, printmaker, and imprint from Grego.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.