Two 3 pounders in full speed to a shilling ordinary on Sunday [graphic].

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Title: Two 3 pounders in full speed to a shilling ordinary on Sunday [graphic].
Alternative Title: Two three pounders in full speed to a shilling ordinary on Sunday
Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: 18 Decr. 1780.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs
Abstract: Two obese men walk along a slopping road sweating heavily in the sun. One of them holds his hat and wig in his left hand and wipes his bald head with a handkerchief, the other, with his waistcoat unbuttoned and his coat thrown over his shoulder, wipes his forehead. The verse following the title beginning "From London to Highgate ..." mocks Londoners' popular habit of going up to Highgate Hill on Sundays
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Possibly an early state of no. 8405 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 19.6 cm, on sheet 26 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Engravings England London 1780
Etchings England London 1780
Material: etching, engraving & stipple engraving ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Obesity
Walking
Dirt roads
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Obesity
Walking
Dirt roads
Clothing & dress > England > 1780
England > 1780
England > London > 1780

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