"Would-be swimmers descending a hill to wheeled bathing carriages on the shore, the wind blowing at clothes and hats."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Seventh 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. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
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:
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. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Animal auctions., Audiences., Taverns (Inns) , and Travelers.
"A group of people gathered round a stall outside an inn at right, others buying wares laid out on the ground at left, beneath a signpost with directions to London, Brighthelmstone, Tunbridge and Lewes; a couple in a carriage passing down the middle of the road, a spire beyond."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Fourth 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. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
"Spectators watching a race between four horses, the sea beyond."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Last 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. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
[Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row]
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
"Coaches and horses gathered outside the White Hart inn at left, the proprietor Sully's name on the side of the building, women and children looking on from the other side of the street."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Second 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. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
Fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen stand or sit in small groups conversing the elegant saloon at the Marine Pavilion designed by Henry Holland.
Description:
Sixth 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. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England)
A coach pulling up to the Post Station, the Cock Inn at left, on route to Brighton. The coach is pulling into the court yard, about to pass under a wooden gate bearing the inn's sign, while another coach stands at the inn door. People look down from the second story windows. A man waits at the mile marker in front of another building at right. In the foreground to left, a man with a wooden leg carries a small child on his back as he leads a donkey that carries a woman and two children, one of whom appears to be nursing, the other in a basket that hangs over the donkey. Their dog follows behind.
Description:
First of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. Excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Sutton (England)
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Baskets., Donkeys., Peg legs. , Poverty., and Taverns (Inns)
"Fashionable people gathered at the Steine, Brighton; the Marine Pavilion to left."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Fifth 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. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
