Taking water for Vauxhall [graphic].

Description

Title: Taking water for Vauxhall [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: 1790.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Abstract: "A young man hands a pretty young woman into a wherry which a young waterman, who is apparently standing in the water on the further side of the boat, holds against the landing-place. She raises her petticoats, the waterman stares at her legs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
One of a series of "Drolls."
One line of text below title: Be cautious my love, don't expose your leg.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv; May 1954.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 24 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Name): Westminster Bridge (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Couples
Piers & wharves
Rowboats
Rowers
Subjects: Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Westminster Bridge (London, England)
Couples
Piers & wharves
Rowboats
Rowers
England > 1790
England > London > 1790

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