A high wind in St. Pauls Church Yard [graphic].

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Title: A high wind in St. Pauls Church Yard [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [28 May 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. May 28, 1793 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly and No. 57 St. Pauls Church Yard
Abstract: On the street in front of the shop of S.W. Fores & Co. a mix of Londoners -- trades people, clergy, gentleman and ladies, etc. -- fight the effects of a very strong wind: a parson loses his wig, a woman's dress is blown up over her hips revealing her large buttocks; a woman selling fish has fallen to the ground, her hat and wares strewn across the sidewalk as a man with a walking stick trips over her, etc. Above the shop window is a sign that reads "Prints &c wholesale & for expotation".
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Window mounted to 42 x 56 cm., matted to 49 x 63 cm.
Provenance: Maggs; August 1964; From Minto Wilson collection with his stamp on verso.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 33 x 49 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
England.
Subject (Name): St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
Fores, S. W.
Subject (Topic): City & town life
Clergy
Clothing & dress
Crowds
Fishmongers
Men
Prints
Publishing industry
Stores & shops
Wigs
Window displays
Winds
Women
Subjects: St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
Fores, S. W.
City & town life
Clergy
Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Crowds
Fishmongers
Men
Prints
Publishing industry
Stores & shops > England > London
Wigs
Window displays
Winds > England
Women
England > 1793
England > London > 1793

Access: Public
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