The elopement [graphic].

Description

Title: The elopement [graphic].
Published / Created: [October 1828]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Octr. 1828, at 48, Strand
Abstract: A young couple kiss inside the cab of an elegant carriage pulled by two pair of horses driven with whips by two riders; another rider follows along behind the carriage. On the road beside the carriage, a pig escapes pursuit as the rider topples from his horse, losing the wig in the process. In the left in the distance the town they have fled can be seen on a a hill. In the right foreground the milestone lies on its side and reads "XXX miles from London".
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted to 25 x 41 cm. on: Map of the lands of Ballyglass ... forming part of the estate of Charles Blake, Esquire ...
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xix, p. 178.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21.1 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1828
Etchings England London 1828
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Carriages & coaches
Couples
Elopements
Swine
Subjects: Carriages & coaches
Couples
Elopements
Swine
England > 1828
England > London > 1828

Access: Public
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