A man has to carry his overweight wife in a wheelbarrow up a steep hill to the amusement of onlookers: he compares her to rubbish. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
- Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
- Date:
- 25 September 1834
- Reference:
- 43318i
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London (137 Fleet Street) : R. Carlisle, 25 September 1834.
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1 print : lithograph
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I wou'd'nt like to shoot her exactly, but I've a blessed good mind to turn her out. Sketches by Seymour.
Further lettering within the print: a roadside sign reads "Rubbish may be shot here", meaning that rubbish may be dumped for subsequent collection
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Wellcome Collection 43318i
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Location Status Access Closed stores