Caption:
A wherry-man helps an obese man from the quay on to his wherry boat, who then sinks it with his weight. The passengers include ladies with fans and parasols, men in top hats with canes. The scene is Horseferry on the River Thames in London. The way to fill a wherry Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H. Harrisons The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside, Rudolph Ackermann, 19 Strand, London, 1831.