A gentleman leads a young woman and her mother (or chaperone) to the door of a carriage, held open by the coach driver who wears a top hat and a peculiar grin. In the background is a house or inn with a partially drawn figure (in ink) watching or emerging from the door. On the verso, pencil sketches of two men in top hats, and a smaller figure lightly sketched with a top hat in black ink
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed by the artist in lower left., Date from dealer's description., and On verso are later inscriptions in pencil.
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Dwellings
Preliminary drawings on front and back for a print, "The Wimbledon hoax!, or, Waterloo review!!!!!!", etched by Cruikshank and published by James Johnson 10 June 1816, with the design reversed. Holiday-making familiese of 'cits' drive, ride, and walk in the park
Alternative Title:
Waterloo review
Description:
Title from that of the print, for which these are preparatory drawings., Signed by the artist in brown ink in lower right corner., Date inferred from that of the associated print, which was published 1 July 1816 by J. Johnson as the frontispiece to The Scourge, xii. See no. 12790 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9., and Two notes about the design written by the artist in ink and graphite.
