Kicking Up a Breeze or Barrow Women Basting a Beadle

Thomas Rowlandson British
 Publisher Thomas Tegg British

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A beadle grasps onto the side of an overturned wheelbarrow, from which black puddings, a basket, and scales have fallen onto the ground. A woman grabs the man's nose and prepares to punch him.Another woman prepares to hit him with a basket at right. Spectators watch amusedly.

Kicking Up a Breeze or Barrow Women Basting a Beadle, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching; reprint

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