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Sunday view on Highgate Hill
Title
Sunday view on Highgate Hill [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [Harrison & Co.], published Octr. 1, 1785.
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 17.6 x 23 cm, on sheet 22 x 25 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Publisher from that of the magazine for which the print was issued.
Summary
"A rotund man and woman struggle in an open, two-seater cart as a sow and piglets cross their path, tilting the cart and spooking the horse; behind them a man loses his wig as his horse rears up in response; running parallel a full carriage with people sitting on top travels up Highgate Hill."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 09, 2015
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 6885
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1785.
Periodical illustrations - England - London - 1785.
Etchings - England - London - 1785.
Engravings - England - London - 1785.
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