Accession number
PML 146638, p. 182 (facing)
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Published
[London] : Pub. 5th October 1810 by Tho. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside, [1810]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from caption below item.
Printmaker identified by George.
"Price one shilling coloured."
One of a series of prints with the title "Sports of a country fair" representing fairground accidents which progressively increase magnitude.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Inserted after p. 182 into v. 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146638.
Printmaker identified by George.
"Price one shilling coloured."
One of a series of prints with the title "Sports of a country fair" representing fairground accidents which progressively increase magnitude.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Inserted after p. 182 into v. 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146638.
Description
1 print on wove paper : hand col. etching ; image 219 x 330 mm, on sheet 236 x 345 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A view of a fair with the line of booths on the left. A small ferris wheel is in action on the right, with four cars (or boxes with half doors) slung from cross-beams which pivet on a post, the motion being given by a crank at the hub, worked by a man standing on a little platform. Each car contains one elderly occupant, except one which has broken: a young girl falls through the air, a youth lies on his back below her. Spectators register alarm or amusement. An oyster-woman looks up from her stall (left). A well-dressed thief picks the pocket of a man absorbed in the accident, passing the plunder to a confederate leaning from the window of an inn on the extreme left. This has the sign of the crown, inscribed 'T. Slano'. In a first-floor window a couple are embracing. Adjacent booths belong to 'Polito': Harlequin, Punch, and other figures are performing, watched by a few spectators. In the foreground (right) a fat women sells sticks to men and boys who throw at objects (? gingerbread) poised on spikes. In the background is a rustic horse-race. Cf. George.
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