The. pedestrian. hobbies or the difference of going up and down hill

William Heath

The. pedestrian. hobbies or the difference of going up and down hill

London, T Tegg, 8^th.  April 1819

Etching

Original hand colouring

250 x 350 mm

Overall time stains

£180

A grotesquely dressed dandy strides rapidly (right to left) on a velocipede, down a sloping road, as does another in the background (left to right). A third (right) is thrown into the air from his falling machine. In the middle distance a fat parson trudges up hill carrying his machine across his shoulder. A milestone is inscribed ‘xxi From London’. Across the sky is etched:
‘You have heard of old Pegassus flying no doubt
But our Hobbies nou [sic] Beat him good lack
For when you are tired of Rideing about
You may carry your Horse on your Back’