A london scene: in the foreground men and women flee diagonally from right to left towards the spectator away from a bullock (right) in the middle distance, pursued by men with sticks. The fugitives include a little chimney-sweeper on the extreme left, a stout citizen wearing a high hat, an old military officer on crutches, a woman who has fallen to the ground, a billingsgate woman with a basket of fish on her head, the contents about to fall, a would-be beau crouching behind a barrel and taking snuff. The bullock has tossed a dog into the air. The background of houses with an open space enclosed by railings suggests smithfield market. 2 january 1792
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1792. Dimensions: Height: 349 mm; Width: 248 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Mad Bullock (BM 1935,0522.1.203)
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