A carriage or bathing machine drawn by a sea monster is driven below cliffs: the animal inside has its tail caught in one of the rear wheels; the coachmen and two other passengers speak. Soft-ground etching.

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37238i
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The animal being carried inside the vehicle says "Stop my tail's caught in the wheel". The driver says "Both tits down. I wish his tail had been at the devil". The animals riding at the back reply "These foreign coachmen have no respect for tails, Joe" and "What does he mean by tits?"

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1 print : etching, soft-ground

Lettering

These foreign coachmen have no respect for tals Joe ...

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37238i

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