"A scene in the small courtyard of a London inn, at which a stage-coach has just arrived. A stout lady is getting out of the coach, larger in scale than the other figures; the coachman is taking game, &c, from the box. A short stout 'cit' yawns and stretches. Another man looks sourly at his watch; packages lie on the ground, including a hamper directed to 'Alderman Guttle'. A smiling waiter (right) invites the company to enter the inn. Through the folding gates of the yard is seen a street with a distant church."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Artist from British Museum catalogue no. 6758., Plate numbered '12' in upper right corner., Date of publication inferred from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. See Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 31., and Variant of no. 6758 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Passengers, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Clothing & dress