"Two Londoners in riding-dress, in the parlour of a country inn, gape at a dwarfish, old, and hideous barmaid who enters (on pattens) with a jug of ale. One has been tricked by the other's ballad on 'Nature's child! sweet maid of Mim' to expect a rust...
"He has lost his stirrups and leans back; his body and the taut reins bisect the dotted circle horizontally. Two other riders are in difficulties. St. Paul's on the left."--British Museum catalogue
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A rider sits stiffly on a misshapen horse that wears blinkers. The rider's stirrups almost touch the ground, and his body and legs form a quasi-vertical line from head to heels. Above his hat is a dotted half circle labeled '90 degrees'. On the right ...
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"The rider leans forward, leaving the vertical of 90 degrees behind his head. He rides (towards St. Paul's) over a dog, and chases two ducks. Behind is a horseman in difficulties."--British Museum catalogue
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"A fat 'cit' on an ill-bred horse leans back in the saddle with legs thrust forward; the angle of his seat is shown by a dotted half-circle above his head on which 90 degrees are marked, above his point of contact with the horse. An absurd dog barks a...
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"View of the repository, near Hyde Park Corner, at time of sale; a horse is paraded in front of a row of gentlemen on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
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Pub. Septr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior of the Great Room in the Adelphi, during a meeting; a presentation taking place; large paintings cover walls of the room."--British Museum online catalogue
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Publisher:
Pub. July 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain)