Economy [graphic].

Description

Title: Economy [graphic].
Creator: Davison, William, 1780-1858, printmaker
Contributor: Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1812 and 1817]
Publication Place: Alnwick
Publisher: Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Abstract: On a hilly rural scene a man in a Northumbrian[?] checkered-plaid over shirt and cap, with bare feet and legs, carries a stave on which are tied his shoes and trousers. The man is followed by a similarly barefooted and barelegged boy carrying waterbottles[?]. They seem to be walking past an inn called the Crown outside which is parked a covered wagon
Description: Title etched below image.
Date based on range of years in which Davison produced caricatures. See: Isaac, Peter. Some Alnwick caricatures. Wylam : Allenholme Press, 1965.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: John Drury; October 2015.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17 x 24 cm, on sheet 19 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England London 1812
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Carts & wagons
Taverns (Inns)
Tramps
Subjects: Carts & wagons
Taverns (Inns)
Tramps
England > 1812
England > London > 1812

Access: Public
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