Cuckfield (An Excursion to Brighthelmstone)

G. G. J. & J. Robinson|Samuel Alken|Henry Wigstead|Thomas Rowlandson

June 1, 1790 · Etching and aquatint · Drawings and Prints

One of a set of eight aquatints devoted to posting houses on the main road from London to Brighthelmstone (Brighton), together with attractions of the seaside resort, this print represents a fair at Cuckfield, with a signpost on the corner of the main street pointing to London, Brighthelmstone, Tun-Bridge and Lewes. Related text tells us that the village is forty miles from London and, "a fair is held, in September, reported to by a great number of pretty rustic females, and by a multitude of happy swains. From Cuckfield to Brighthelmstone, about 14 miles distant, the country is chearful [sic], and the prospects various and extensive."

Artist

G. G. J. & J. Robinson|Samuel Alken|Henry Wigstead|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

June 1, 1790

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959