Title etched below image., Numbered 'Plate 12' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 26' in upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., Temporary local subject terms: Sight-seeing -- Pictures: portraits -- Picture frames -- Allusion to cuckolds -- Fireplaces: grate., and Watermark: 1798.
"Satire on grand toursts: two Englishmen travelling throught the German countryside in a post-chaise, from right to left; one man threatens the postillion with a pistol and cane urging him to drive faster while the other smiles; the postillion is seated smoking a pipe on a farm horse, one of three drawing the carriage; a paper reading "Drink Gelt to pay by order of ye Queen" protrudes from his pocket, while another reading, "Maut und Drink Gelt" lies on the ground; before engraver's name scratched out."British Museum online catalogue
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Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3104., and Early state bearing artist's signature. Later state with burnished signature formerly attributed to H.W. Bunbury; see no. 4733 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden of a heavy trunk
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Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
