Title
VIEWS OF LONDON. NO 6, Entrance from HACKNEY or CAMBRIDGE HEATH TURNPIKE with a distant view of St Pauls. / Rowlandson delin ; Schutz sculpt.
Creator
Schu_tz, Heinrich Joseph, 1760-1822, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Pub June 1 1798 at Ackermann's Gallery N
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; sheet 40 x 54.5 cm
Description
The turnpike is in the middle distance, with St. Paul's in the background, across fields. The chief interest is in the foreground figures. A 'cit', resembling John Gilpin, gallops over a sow and pigs, losing his hat and wig. A horse rears, upsetting a fat couple from a two-wheeled gig. A group of 'cits' is approached by a crippled beggar supported on short crutches. A man, woman, and child (? Irish haymakers) walk towards the gate. Behind (right) is a house in front of which is a Punch and Judy show, with spectators and a fat barrow-woman crying her wares.
Place
London (England)
Other persons
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.22.6.f.