[A postillion] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A postillion] [graphic].
Creator: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
Published / Created: [approximately 1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking over his right shoulder towards the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
Description: Title, printmaker, and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Later state, with position of the figure's head altered and with additional shading added to the foreground. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides.
Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 14.5 x 10.1 cm, on sheet 15.1 x 10.7 cm.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 15.5 x 10.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State with figure looking over shoulder].
Language: No linguistic content

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115. 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]