Regatta at Keswick in Cumberland [title inscribed in ink] [graphic] / Painted by Mr Smirke [within image, lower left]; RUB [?]. 1788?

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Regatta at Keswick in Cumberland [title inscribed in ink] [graphic] / Painted by Mr Smirke [within image, lower left]; RUB [?]. 1788?

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Mock battle with gang of men storming a house on the banks of a river, stealing plates of meat and barrels, guns and cannon fired in the centre, men lying in the foreground, women watching from behind a wall at left, others with a child and cleric beside tree at right, boats on the water and figures lining the opposite bank, smoke filling the centre, mountains in background. See Keswick and Its Neighbourhood, 1852, p.22 for a description of the drawing this print is based on, held at 'Crosthwaite's museum'. This states that several 'worthies of the place' are recognisable in the crowd. The British Museum hold an impression of this print published by J. Harris in 1788, the impression at Maps K.Top.10.20.c is cut below the production line.

1 art print: hand-coloured etching ; image 374 x 542 mm.

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