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:
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. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Animal auctions., Audiences., Taverns (Inns) , and Travelers.
A coach pulling up to the Post Station, the Cock Inn at left, on route to Brighton. The coach is pulling into the court yard, about to pass under a wooden gate bearing the inn's sign, while another coach stands at the inn door. People look down from the second story windows. A man waits at the mile marker in front of another building at right. In the foreground to left, a man with a wooden leg carries a small child on his back as he leads a donkey that carries a woman and two children, one of whom appears to be nursing, the other in a basket that hangs over the donkey. Their dog follows behind.
Description:
First of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. Excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Sutton (England)
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Baskets., Donkeys., Peg legs. , Poverty., and Taverns (Inns)