A tall young man, dressed in the manner of the bloods of the period, in high-crowned hat, tail coat, long breeches and short top-boots with long spurs, stands with his left hand on his hips, holding a riding-switch. He wears whiskers and short (but not cropped) hair. He looks with a frown at a bitch with young puppies who snarls at him. Two men seated outside a low thatched cottage (right) (one of quasi-clerical appearance, book in hand), regard him with terror. A boy kneels beseechingly to the strange apparition; a child runs to its mother (left). Two boys run away. For this fashion cf. BMSat 8040, &amp;c. 27 July 1790
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1790<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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