A companion print to bmsat 8382. A scene in the market-square of a flemish town (? ghent). On the left is a row of booths, under the projecting roof of one a fat woman sits behind a table on which is a teetotum: an arrow swings on a dial. She is surrounded by men who proffer coins; a small boy gapes at this gambling scene. On the right a town-crier reading from a paper and ringing his bell is the chief figure of a group: a peasant woman carrying milk-pails on a yoke, four men, two little girls, a dog. In the right centre priests listen intently to one of their number who stands in back view reading from a paper. Behind (left), a monk takes a woman by the chin. In the background british guardsmen, standing stiffly at attention, are being drilled. Behind them are buildings with steep crow-stepped gables and a church spire. There is a line across the plate as in bmsat 8382, but 2 7/8 in. From the margin. 1793 but published in 1822
hand -coloured etching. Date: 1793. Dimensions: Height: 230 mm; Width: 365 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Flemish characters. (BM 1868,0808.6322)
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