Irish Peasantry Crossing A Brook.

      Painted by Francis Wheatley. Engraved by Richard Earlom. Published 12th. March, 1807, by Robert Laurie & James Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, London. Mezzotint with etching, 500 x 635mm. A man leads a horse carrying a woman and child across a stream, a young woman holding up her skirts walks beside them. Another peasant stands on the far bank at right with two cattle, while a woman by a cottage in the distance hangs out her washing. Wessely and Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.