The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice Size:L: 90 x 60cm Six images surround a pupil's

Six images surround a pupil's calligraphy

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People looking at placards inviting subscriptions to unsound companies pasted on a wall outside a hospital for the victims of speculation mania

The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice Size:L: 90 x 60cm Six images surround a pupil's'The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice', c1745. On the right a young man has slipped and hit his head where blood pours from the wound. In the centre a lone figure remains standing, but not for long as a figure to the left reaches out in an effort to grab his ankle and trip him up. After an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens.