Miseries of London, or, A surly saucy Hackney coachman [graphic]

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Title: Miseries of London, or, A surly saucy Hackney coachman [graphic]
Alternative Title: Surly saucy Hackney coachman
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: publd. June 4, 1814.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A stout and disappointed coachman standing outside a house at night, holding out his hand in which there is a single coin; at left, a smartly dressed but uncouth looking couple standing in their doorway making jeering faces, the man with his hand in his pocket, a maid with a candle behind; the coach behind at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched 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.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.2 x 24.1 cm.
Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 33 x 24 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1814
Etchings England London 1814
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Carriages & coaches
Coach drivers
Light fixtures
Passengers
Subjects: Carriages & coaches
Coach drivers
Light fixtures
Passengers
England > 1814
England > London > 1814
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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