A cockney & his wife going to Wycombe
Item Information
- Title:
- A cockney & his wife going to Wycombe
- Title (alt.):
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A cockney and his wife going to Wycombe
- Description:
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The pair, seated in a gig, drive (r. to left.) along a country road, preceded by a mongrel dog carrying a large bone. The man drives the miserable hack with the air of an expert, flicking a heavy lash over the animal's neck. He is smartly dressed with side-whisker, swathed neck-cloth, high collar, and top-boots. His almost spherical wife takes his arm. She holds a little closed parasol, and wears gloves above we elbow. The feather and trimmings of her hat float behind her in the wind. On the side of the gig is a pestle and mortar, showing that the man is an apothecary. The emaciated and decrepit horse has broken knees and gaping wounds under the collar and harness and one pastern is swollen. Birds fly towards it, scenting carrion. A broken milestone (r.) is inscribed 'Miles from London' (BM). / A picture of Cockney life at the beginning of the present century (Wright/Evans).
- Artist:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815
- Date:
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June 10, 1805
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Carriages & coaches
Horses
Starvation
Birds of prey
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 22 x 29 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111k61n
- Terms of Use:
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