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
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
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk