2-693-653 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'John Jorrocks, Esq., M.S.H., etc., etc., etc., etc. A Citizen of Credit of Renown', 1838. Jorrocks pulls the bell-rope to summon a servant, while writing with a quill pen. Scene depicting one of the humorous adventures of Mr Jorrocks, a vulgar Cockney grocer who aspires to the sporting life in the country. From Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities; or, The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks, of St. Botolph Lane and Great Coram Street by Robert Smith Surtees. [Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., London, 1838]