Men and women in smart city clothes are picking their way across a farmyard with chickens and dung; in the background there is a garden much more to their taste with a grotto and statues. Etching by George Cruikshank.

Date:
Augt. 1st. 1835
Reference:
35986i
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London (26 Haymarket) : Thos. McLean, Augt. 1st. 1835.

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1 print : etching ; image 21.5 x 34 cm

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A visit to Cockney farm - viewing the grounds &c.&c.&c. (ie) Being dragged through mud and mire by your Cockney friend (who has lately taken seat in the country) to show the improvements & his ignorance in farming!

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Wellcome Collection 35986i

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