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Miseries of London, or, A surly saucy Hackney coachman
Title
Miseries of London, or, A surly saucy Hackney coachman [graphic] / Rowlandson del. 1814.
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], publd. June 4, 1814.
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 33 x 24 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
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.
Provenance
From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
"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.
Variant and related titles
Surly saucy Hackney coachman
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 16, 2010
References
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 284
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1814.
Etchings - England - London - 1814.
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