The Cheshire farmers policy, or, Pitt outwitted [graphic]
Found In:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Cheshire farmers policy, or, Pitt outwitted [graphic]
10727914
Description
- Title
- The Cheshire farmers policy, or, Pitt outwitted [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Pitt outwitted
- Creator
- Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
- Contributor
- Smith, M., active 1783-1784, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [11 December 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd as the act directs, Decr. 11th, 1784, for M. Smith, No. 46 Fleet Street
- Abstract
-
"Political satire; a farmer rides to market on a cow from an inn named 'Joe Jolly', with a goose and a cockerel in a basket attached to his saddle, and a notice reading 'Tax on Horses' under the cow's hoof; a small group cheer him from the lintel and window of the inn."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Below plate line, letter press explanatory text: A farmer in Cheshire, who kept a good team of horses, but had not entered one as a hackney or saddle horse, having occasion to go to Stockport market on Friday, actually saddled a cow, and rode her in triumph to and from the market, attended by a numerous concourse of spectators, who heartily enjoyed the joke - See Morning Herald of Friday Dec. 3, 1784.
For a later state by a different publisher, see no. 6672 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Three lines of text below the image.
Watermark in center of sheet: Taylor. - Provenance
- Suckling; May 1956.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 18.5 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 21 x 25 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 784.12.11.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Drypoints England London 1784
Etchings England London 1784 - Material
- etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Taxation
Horses
Cows
Defecation
Farmers
Geese
Newspapers
Spectators
Taverns (Inns) - Subjects
-
Taxation > Great Britain
Horses > Taxation > Great Britain
Cows
Defecation
Farmers
Geese
Newspapers
Spectators
Taverns (Inns)
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7671557
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727914
Manifest Link
