The mad bullock [graphic].

London: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, published as the act directs, 2 Jany. 1792.

1 print : mezzotint ; plate mark 35.3 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 39 x 28 cm

laid paper

Temporary local subject terms: Beaux -- Chelsea pensioners' uniform.

"A London scene: in the foreground men and women flee diagonally from right to left towards the spectator away from a bullock (right) in the middle distance, pursued by men with sticks. The fugitives include a little chimney-sweeper on the extreme left, a stout citizen wearing a high hat, an old military officer on crutches, a woman who has fallen to the ground, a Billingsgate woman with a basket of fish on her head, the contents about to fall, a would-be beau crouching behind a barrel and taking snuff. The bullock has tossed a dog into the air. The background of houses with an open space enclosed by railings suggests Smithfield Market."--British Museum online catalogue.

English

February 08, 2007

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8223