A pretty, young woman rakes hay under a tree. Behind her three man use scythes in a hay field; in the distance a hitched wagon full of hay is pulled up a hill
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Numbered '181' in lower right corner of plate.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Map, Chart and Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
A satire with a waggoner drives past a dandy who stands at a doorway on the right. The waggoner's cart is enormous and laden with hay filling the street; he grins and points at the gentleman who is spattered with mud from the cart's wheels. The scene illustrates the song engraved below the image., Also lettered below the image, a song of three verses in three columns: When I comes to town with a load of hay ... So to mind 'em I ne'er seem, &c., Title engraved below image., Imprint, plate number, and verses from impression in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at the bottom with loss of imprint and verses below., Plate numbered: 281., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 25th July 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Carts & wagons, Dandies, British, Farmers, Hay, Horses, and Whips
A prosperous farmer, who leans on his walking stick as he stands over his chubby, young worker who is caught resting under a tree; he scratches his head as he leans up on his elbow. His scythe is half-hidden in the left foreground. On the right in the distance, a woman and two other young men rake the hayfield. The farmer's dog sniffs the ground, right foreground
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '351' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of caption below title: Farmer. You lazy rascal what do you do here, why don't you work? such a fellow as you does not deserve the sun to shine on him. Haymaker. Indeed Master I thought so, therefore I've lain myself down in the shade., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1799.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 4, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Farmers, Hay, Laziness, and Raking (Sweeping)
