A couple on horseback and a young child on a pony are stopped at a gate by a farmer who points at a tollgate sign pinned to the fence. Process print after Fred Branston after W. Harvey.

  • Harvey, William, 1796-1866.
Date:
[1849]
Reference:
37042i
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view A couple on horseback and a young child on a pony are stopped at a gate by a farmer who points at a tollgate sign pinned to the fence. Process print after Fred Branston after W. Harvey.

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A couple on horseback and a young child on a pony are stopped at a gate by a farmer who points at a tollgate sign pinned to the fence. Process print after Fred Branston after W. Harvey. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A 17th century version of an episode in the ballad of the Pinder of Wakefield. The riders are cavaliers but the farmer is a Parliamentarian, and the toll notice bears the initials of the king (C.R.)

Publication/Creation

[London] : [Charles Knight], [1849]

Physical description

1 print : process, line block

Lettering

The turnpike: 1663.- W. Harvey. Fred Branston.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37042i

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