Plate 1, from "World in Miniature"

Thomas Rowlandson British
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British

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One of forty prints from Rowlandson's "World in Miniature; Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape Scenery."

Three scenes: at top, Peter Pigg Horse Dealer stands outside his stable and points to a rearing horse at left for a customer at right; at middle, a fight breaks out between soldiers in various uniforms; below, a pregnant woman walks alongside a donkey that carries five other children, and a man hobbling on crutches ahead of them.

Plate 1, from "World in Miniature", Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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