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How to Vaut in the Saddle, or a new Invented Patent Crane, for the Accommodation of Rheumatic Rump'd Rectors, 1813

 Item — Box: LF100 Box 1
Reference code: LF100/71
How to Vaut in the Saddle, or a new Invented Patent Crane, for the Accommodation of Rheumatic Rump'd Rectors, 1813
How to Vaut in the Saddle, or a new Invented Patent Crane, for the Accommodation of Rheumatic Rump'd Rectors, 1813

Scope and Contents

A hand-coloured print of a portly rector who is suspended above his horse by means of a crane secured to the wall of the rectory. Two women pull on the rope that has heaved the rector into the air whilst a grinning groom stands alongside the horse. Inscribed in the plate: 'Pub[lishe]d December 30th 1813 by / Rowlandson Del 1813'. Description from the Royal Collection Trust.

Dates

  • Creation: 1813

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English