Print, William Hogarth, 1747

The stage-coach, or the country inn yard; scene outside the 'old angle in', an inn with the sign of an angel that gives the proprietor as 'toms. Bates', and a stop for coaches on the road to london; in foreground a large woman enters a coach, the man to her left helps her in with a hand on her round backside, a man with a protruding belly stands waiting, behind him a boy holds out a hat for tips; to the left a refreshment seller yells out advertising her goods, two drunken guests lean out from a window above with a pipe and a horn, and two figures embrace in the doorway below, the watchdog lies asleep in his kennel on the right; a crowd of election campaigners at the far end of the inn; state with the sign lettered 'no old baby' burnished out. 1747 etching and engraving. Date: 1747. Dimensions: Height: 212 mm; Width: 306 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print (BM S,2.85)