[Dated 1739 in pencil above.]
Etching, 280 x 190mm. 11 x 7½". Trimmed to plate right and left.
A rather grotesque figure walking in profile reading from a sheet of paper. In the background a winged horse or ass kicks over a barrel of beer, which spills its contents. The impression in the BM annotated in ink 'Mr. Bryan of Bury' and 'Kent pinxit'. By an unknown etcher.
BM Satires: 2349, see 1850,0810.138.
[Ref: 11531]  £230.00