Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
- Creator
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
- Published / Created
- [23 February 1781]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"The left sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, looking with astonishment at an elderly lady (right) walking from left to right followed by a little black boy carrying her umbrella. She wears an enormous calash hood, see BMSat 5434, &c, and holds in her left hand a shepherdess's crook. Three men (left) ride side by side, from left to right, the nearest pulls on his reins, leaning back, the next looks at the lady through his spy-glass, the third, staring open-mouthed, lashes his horse. The horse of a stout man riding from right to left, immediately behind the lady, is rearing. In the foreground an old woman sits by the roadside with a sheaf of ballads or newspapers. Behind (left) are trees."--British Museum online catalogue
"A central three plate composition. Riders in Hyde Park. A fat coachman (right) rides (left to right) a coach-horse in blinkers, his mistress is seated behind him, in back-view, wearing an enormous calash hood, see British Museum Satires No. 5434, &c, and holding a fan. The horse has planted its forefeet on the ground, its rider is applying spurs and a coach-whip. On the left a lady and a slim and elegant young man are galloping from right to left; he turns towards her, she looks straight ahead. Behind them rides a groom. In the background (right) is a group of trees, in the foreground grass and (left) three dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
"The right sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, with a pedestrian who is being worried by four dogs, apparently on account of his dress. He stands (left) on tiptoe, in profile to the right, holding up his arms, a stick in his right hand. His coat is spotted like a leopard and it and his waistcoat are edged with fur. He is probably a Frenchman. Two dogs worry at his coat, a larger one standing on its hind-legs, puts one paw on his chest, a fourth is biting his long pigtail queue. Three riders, riding from right to left, look with interest at the man and dogs. The foremost is a military officer in uniform, with holsters and rolled cloak on his saddle. A fourth man rides stiffly from left to right, looking straight in front of him."--British Museum catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text within image on second sheet.
Sheets trimmed within plate mark on two edges.
A single design on three plates.
Watermark: J. Ruse 1799.
Later impression from an unaltered plate; not printed before 1799. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; October 1959;
- Extent
- 3 prints forming 1 image : sheets 62 x 55 cm or smaller
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Bunbury Drawer 781.02.23.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title
- Volume 1, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 119. Bunbury album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector. Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792] [London], [between 1780 and 1794]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1781
Etchings England London 1781
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching with rocker, drypoint, and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
England
London. - Subject (Name)
- Hyde Park (London, England),
- Subject (Topic)
-
Parks
Horses
Horseback riding - Subjects
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Hyde Park (London, England)
Parks > England > London
Horses
Horseback riding
England > 1781
England > London > 1781
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10197749
- Object ID (OID)
- 10715753