A post-chaise and four with armorial bearings, no signs of the driver, is being overturned on a busy High Street, after running over large barrels which lie beside a pavior's mallet, stones, and wheelbarrow as the two passengers scream in horror. The road is filled with other carriages, horsemen, and a stage-coach, and the sidewalks crowded with pedestrians, street-entertainers, and vendors. Groups of onlookers lean from the bow windows of the inn on the opposite side. Some of the characters depicted amongst the crowd of revellers on the stage coach are: a grenadier beating a drum; a man blowing a trumpet; and a Jew clutching his box. The busy sidewalks are crowded with the pedestrians including: two men and a lady; a gypsy with a basket and scales; a fiddler; and a singer. The scene includes many signs and placards as well
Description:
Title, printmaker, artist, and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title, attribution, and imprint., and Mounted to 52 x 70 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 26th 1783 by V. Green, No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street & sold by F. Brydon, printseller, No. 7 opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and Kent
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Peddlers, Street entertainers, and Traffic accidents
