"A stout and disappointed coachman standing outside a house at night, holding out his hand in which there is a single coin; at left, a smartly dressed but uncouth looking couple standing in their doorway making jeering faces, the man with his hand in his pocket, a maid with a candle behind; the coach behind at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Surly saucy Hackney coachman
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.2 x 24.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Light fixtures, and Passengers
Outside the Maidenhead Inn a crowd of travelers pile into an already overcrowded coach. Two large women push an obese man up the ladder into the carriage which is already filled to capacity; the passengers inside cry out with distress at the sight of the man being pushed inside. Two couples who have climbed on top of the carriage embrace as do other couples surrounding the carriage, waiting to board. The inn's sign advertises "Entertainment f[or] man and horse".
Alternative Title:
Miseries of traveling
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of text below title: Just as you are going off with only one other person on your side of the coach ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febry. 15th, 1807 by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Passengers, and Taverns (Inns)
The collision of several coaches results in a scene of mayhem on a city street as the coachmen brandish their whips, much to the horror of their well-dressed passengers. As a result of the collisions, two vendors and their wares are thrown on a third vendor, all tumbling onto the sidewalk in front of the corner shop "Peter Thump Gold Beater". A workman carrying bricks up a ladder is also in peril. Gold beaters in the corner shop look on while continuing their work. On the right two dancing dogs continue their performance
Description:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of text below title: In going out to dinner (already too late) your carriage delayed by a jam of coaches ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J Whatman., and Mounted to 31 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1807 by R. Ackeman [sic], No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Coach drivers, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Dogs, Passengers, Street vendors, Trained animals, Traffic accidents, and Metalworkers
The scene of an accident on a rural road: The passangers are tossed from an overturning carriage onto the road, some already on the ground suffering from the loss of their hats and wigs while others are still somersaulting through the air; one couple are still trapped inside the carriage. The team of horses are running away
Description:
Title from caption below image., In lower right corner of print: P. 132., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Number six in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's military envelope, Fores's hunting envelope, Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's alderman envelopes, Fores's dancing envelope, etc
Description:
Title from text above image., Other prints in the series attributed to John Leech and dated 1840. See British Museum onlne catalogue., "No. 6"., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
Published by Messrs. Fores at their sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactury, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Strt
Subject (Name):
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Horses, Passengers, and Postal stationery
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[April 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 14 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pretty, well-dressed girl steps into a hackney coach from the left while the coachman in blue coat doffs his hat. He stands facing left by the door and on the extreme left stands the girl's mother wearing a huge hat and carrying a muff. Ms. inscription below title: "This is the most fashionable coach on the stand says a pretty young lady stepping into me with all the hilarity of soul that distinguishes the cheerful children of prosperity; after whom followed an elderly lady her mother." (Vid. Adventures of a hackney coach).
Description:
Title inscribed below image in black ink in the artist's hand., Signed and dated by the artist around perimeter of the design., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Passengers
Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication based on dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Five small designs on one plate, all lacking captions., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
