Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Gothic church -- Corporations: country corporations -- Buildings: 16th-century houses., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.7 x 40.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 12, 1799, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Churches, City & town halls, City council members, Mayors, Parades & processions, Signs (Notices), and Wells
"Mounted yokels, riding right to left, make havoc in a farm-yard. One only wears uniform; he shouts at them from the right, with upraised hand. A man riding a horse with blinkers fires a blunderbuss, shutting his eyes; he damages a pigeon-house and kills pigeons. He is riding up to a well in which a terrified man has sought shelter, clutching the rope and looking over the top. Two other inexpert horsemen use clubs, one a flail, one a pitchfork. A witch-like old woman holding a broom lies on her back; her basket of cocks and hens has been overturned and the birds escape. A bull and a bulldog face each other belligerently. In the background (left) a fierce engagement between farmers, labourers, and horsemen is in progress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Country recruits -- Guns: Blunderbuss -- Flails., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.7 x 72 cm, sheet 24.3 x 73 cm., and Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decemr. 18, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military training, Military uniforms, Firearms, Pigeons, Wells, Pitchforks, Farmers, Swine, Poultry, and Dogs
