1-239-610 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'A Taylor riding to Brentford', 1786. A nervous man, with Rules for bad horsemen in his pocket, rides to Brentford, Hounslow. Two stable lads standing in a doorway laugh at him. On a wall close by a poster reads Various feats of horsemanship performed this evening by the famous Sampson. A donkey eats a lettuce whilst two urchins offer leaves to the horse.