A crowd, gathered in the courtyard under the sign of The George Inn on the route to Brighton, examine a horse seemingly under auction; a man in the doorway holds up a hammer. People look out at the scene from the windows of the inn. Two men converse with a woman to the left as her dog looks at the scene; a traveler with a pack and walking stick sits on a stoop to adjust his shoe
Description:
Title etched below image., Third of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and aquatint in sepia on laid paper ; sheet 26.7 x 33.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Animal auctions, Audiences, Travelers, and Taverns (Inns)
"A stage-coachman (left) holds open the door of his coach, showing that it is overcrowded with five fat passengers. He speaks to a fat woman who stands in profile to the right, holding a fan, a dog tucked under her left arm. A flagged pavement and cobbled roadway show that they are in a London street. Beneath the title is engraved: '"Just room for one Madam," - "Vell I wow I have run all the way like a Lamp-lighter, till I am all over in such a Heat you can't think."'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '198' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and One line of text below title: Just room for one Madam, -- vel [sic] I vow I have run all theway like a lamp-lighter ...
Publisher:
Published 1st September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Obesity, Streets, Travelers, and Women
Manuscript of a diary by an unidentified Englishman documenting his trip from Liverpool to the major cities of Italy. Subjects include his opinions of many works of Italian Renaissance art (carefully identified by title and artist), his traveling companions, local customs and religious practices, and scenery
Description:
Binding: contemporary leather ("blank book").
Subject (Geographic):
Europe and Italy
Subject (Topic):
Renaissance art, Italian, Travelers, Travel journals, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
Probably an illustration to Sterne's Sentimental Journey. A corpulent gentleman with an equally rotund lady on his arm waits in a line of passengers to board a ship. An invalid is carried up the gangpank in a chair, while a servant carries a side of beef on a platter together with a basket of wine-bottles. Another gentleman descends from a coach. Masts of sailing vessels occupy the background
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs, by A. Hamilton ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Dover (England), England, and Dover
