Spy's Taken at Greenwich mb-code 1620223 View of Holly Bush Hill

View of Holly Bush Hill

two sitting down while their horses graze

In the centre foreground a small boy drops some fruit while running to avoid an oncoming coach

c1868-1918

In the lower margin is a key

Spy's Taken at Greenwich mb-code 1620223 View of Holly Bush Hill'Spy's Taken at Greenwich', 1798. Mother Windsor with four of her courtesans orders her girls to arrest Shute Barrington, the Bishop of Durham and the Duke of Queensberry, for spying on young women rolling down Greenwich Hill, a holiday custom. Barrington stands in back view holding his glass. This was an attack on Barrington for his protest against opera dancers.