Sujet

'Taking water for Vauxhall, be careful my love, don't expose your leg', London, 1790. Artist: Anon

Légende

'Taking water for Vauxhall, be careful my love, don't expose your leg', London, 1790; scene at the foot of some riverside steps showing a waterman apparently thigh-deep in water, holding his boat steady while a young man assists his beloved to embark at the foot of some steps.

Date

1790

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A92_336

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (5,1Mo) / 39,0cm x 32,0cm / 4610 x 3785 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river London England River Thames Thames female women woman people male job man men couple boat boats guy occupation geography color colour courtship waterman dress century profession manners lady concept modesty etiquette metaphor water transport 18th century Eighteenth Century Lambeth Guildhall Library & Art Gallery geographical feature putting one's best foot forward testing the water TGN satire engraving Anon Anonymous