Clearing a five-bar-gate [graphic]

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Title: Clearing a five-bar-gate [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 August 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. August 20th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
Abstract: "A horse shies at a high and solid gate, throwing its fat rider, who flies sideways through the air, with arms extended. He wears red coat and top-boots. Behind shrubs on the. farther side of the gate lies a bull, the cause of the accident. Trees form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 26.4 x 35.4 cm.
Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 11 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.5 x 33.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805
Aquatints England London 1805
Material: etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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