A man on horseback, whip in hand but not in use, is shown attempting to clear a stile flanked by hedgerows; his horse's forelegs are on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider with a look of consternat...
"A street scene at the corner of 'Petticoat Lane' (left) and 'Smock Alley' (right). An ugly and bedizened woman wearing pattens, holding an umbrella and kilting up her skirt, walks painfully over the cobbles, bending forward; her stockings heavily spa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1812, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two handsome young courtesans coax an enormously obese and carbuncled 'cit' towards the door of a bagnio (right). One (right) takes him by the wrist, throwing back a cloak to reveal her charms; he leers hideously at her. The other takes him by the sh...