Courier Anglois (BM J,6.99) - Drawing. Public domain image.
Summary
Satire on an English post courier (as opposed to a French courier, see BM Satires 4737): a man on horseback, blowing a horn, with an enormous sack at his back; he rides along a country rode towards the right where a gibbet stands with two hanging bodies. 3 May 1779
Soft-ground etching
Tags
Date
1774
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain