- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1799]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 9 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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).
- Alternative Title:
- Road to ruin in the east!!
- Description:
- Title and artist's signature inscribed below image in black ink., Date supplied by cataloger., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Families, and Newspaper carriers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A bankrupt cart!, or, The road to ruin in the east!! [art original]
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