Country characters. No. 12, London outrider, or, Brother Saddle bag / Woodward del ; etched by Rowlandson.

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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
Country characters. No. 12, London outrider, or, Brother Saddle bag / Woodward del ; etched by Rowlandson.
[London] : Sept 10th 1799 Pubd by R Akerman [sic] No 101 Strand, [1799]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.737
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[London] : Sept 10th 1799 Pubd by R Akerman [sic] No 101 Strand, [1799]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Print shows the interior of a draper's or dry goods shop. A fashionably clad travelling salesman holds out a sample book to the shop's proprietor, saying: Fine Choice of Patterns Sir all the Rage in Town I hope Sir you will give me an Order; the shopowner glares at him, replying: Yes I'll give thee an Order and that is to March out of my shop for I don't like thee looks o'thee. In the background at right, a store employee behind the counter with a bolt of fabric looks on.

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