Miseries of Travelling

Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries of Travelling

London, 1807, this example on Whatman paper of 1828

Etching and stipple

Original hand colouring

130 x 165 mm

£180

An elderly couple in a gig which backs on to the pavement of a country town, against the bow-window of a ‘China Warehouse’. Under the wheels are large earthenware vessels which stood outside the shop. A furious couple come out of the shop-door, above which is a board: ‘Bob. Brittle china Glass and Earthenware Shop. A savage dog leaps barking at the terrified horse, the fat woman in the gig screams, the man shouts at the horse. A detached house has a sign: ‘Probe Surgeon’. Next it is a church. A coach and pair with a postilion gallops up from the left. Below: ‘A restive horse in a Gig backing into the windows of a Potters shop, alarmed at the terrific crash you become panic struck, and the perspiration starting from every pore.’