File:Thomas Rowlandson - Undertakers Regaling - after John Nixon - 1801.jpg
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English: Caricature drawing of the Falcon Inn, Battersea, by John Nixon and etched by Thomas Rowlandson, entitled 'Undertakers Regaling' or 'Undertakers regaling themselves at Death’s Door Battersea Rise Surry', a play on the name of the then landlord, Robert Death; and incorporating 1785 comic verse from Edward Trapp Pilgrim entitled ‘Lines on a publican, named Death’. Undertakers picnic and revell outside a country inn displaying the name R. Death; in the background a cart ascending St Johns Hill is overturning and a horse and trap descending the hill looks to be out of control. |
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| Source | Pubd 15 Jan 1801 by R Ackermann 101 Strand |
| Author | Etched by Thomas Rowlandson after a drawing by John Nixon published by R. Ackermann |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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