Title

Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door', Battersea, London, 1801. Artist: Samuel Rawle

Caption

'Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door', Battersea, London, 1801. Print depicting the undertakers eating, drinking and making merry outside Robert Death's tavern, Battersea Rise. Beneath the image is a verse by Robert Blair.

Date

1801

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A97_282

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (1,4Mb) / 10,1in x 6,9in / 3022 x 2079 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature exterior leisure tree road building buildings London England people male job man men street plant happy relaxation country relaxing drinking pub guy occupation British public house English eating lane avenue location century amusement Britain profession enjoyment revelry concept outside Battersea B&W tavern MONOCHROME undertaker merry Food And Drink 19th century pun black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery TGN Wandsworth Battersea Rise Robert Death's Tavern satire engraving John Robert John Nixon;Nixon Samuel Rawle Robert Blair Blair Rawle Samuel