The country crier [graphic].

Description

Title: The country crier [graphic].
Contributor: Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, printer.
Published / Created: [between 1812 and 1817]
Publication Place: Alnwick and England Alnwick
Publisher: Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Abstract: A crier, his mouth wide open and with an angry expression, shakes his bell in the faces of three gaping and alarmed yokels (right). He wears a long old-fashioned coat, broad cocked hat and wig, and holds a cane. A young man (farmer?) with a pitchfork (left) loiters complacently. A path leads to a farmhouse (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date suggested by Isaac.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
Plate numbered "35" in upper right corner.
A copy in reverse after an earlier print of the title, published in Dec. 16, 1793, by Robert Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London (see British Museum satires no. 8411).
Provenance: From the Ian Robertson Collection. John Turton; September 2019.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.6 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 18.3 x 26.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England Alnwick 1812
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Agricultural facilities
Agricultural laborers
Bells
Pitchforks
Town criers
Subjects: Agricultural facilities
Agricultural laborers
Bells
Pitchforks
Town criers
England > 1812
England > Alnwick > 1812

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