"A pedestrian struggles through deep slushy snow, facing driving snow, with a broken umbrella, the spokes projecting through the cover. He clutches at his cloak and hat; he wears gaiters to the knee with socks over them, and overshoes. Cape and comforter stream behind him. In the background is a row of three- and four-storied houses, some with shop-fronts. He shouts his greeting in the teeth of the storm to the woman in British Museum Satires No. 15000, a companion plate with the same signatures and imprint. A carriage and pair faces the storm, the coachman's cape swirling above his head. Men shovel the snow from the roofs, overturning a passer-by."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Merry Christmas and a happy new year in London
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Companion print to: The same to you sir, & many of e'm., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Pyall & Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
Subject (Topic):
Blizzards, Carriages & coaches, Salutations, Snow, Umbrellas, and Winter
A pedestrian struggles through deep slushy snow, facing driving snow, with a broken umbrella, the spokes projecting through the cover. He clutches at his cloak and hat; he wears gaiters to the knee with socks over them, and overshoes. Cape and comforter stream behind him. In the background are two buildings. Other figures also struggling through the snow are faintly etched in the distance
Alternative Title:
Merry Christmas and a happy new year in London
Description:
Title etched below image., A reversed and reduced version of a print by George Hunt after M.E. Egerton, published ca. 1825 by Pyall & Hunt. Cf. No. 14999 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Pasted on blue album paper at corners: sheet 19.4 x 15.2 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Blizzards, Salutations, Snow, Winter, and Umbrellas
