Evening (BM 1868,0822.1548) - Public domain scan / engraving

Similar

Evening (BM 1868,0822.1548) - Public domain scan / engraving

description

Summary

Copy of Scene at Sadler's Wells with a dyer and his wife walking with their dog beside the New River; the wife holds a fan with a design of Venus and Adonis, the husband carries a small child, a somewhat older boy stands behind them in tears because his sister is demanding the gingerbread figure he holds; behind them is a young woman holding a shoe and a cow being milked by another woman; to the right is a tavern with the sign of Sir Hugh Middleton's Head, two women and a man are in the tavern garden, other figures are visible through the window, and a grape vine is climbing up towards the roof in the same direction. 1738
Etching and engraving; the woman's face and breast printed in red, the dyer's hands in blue

date_range

Date

1738
create

Source

British Museum
copyright

Copyright info

public domain

Explore more

satirical print
satirical print