Pot fair Cambridge [graphic]

Description

Title: Pot fair Cambridge [graphic]
Alternative Title: Pot fair Cambridge ; The college gate
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1790] and [printed 1977?]
Publication Place: London and England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Two scenes printed on one sheet, the subjects relate to Bunbury's days as a student at Cambridge. "Pot Fair Cambridge": pots are laid out on tables for sale. A fat divine stumbles backward as dogs fight in the foreground. A seller at right is alarmed as he threatens to fall onto her table. "The College Gate": Three men ride off in different directions after coming through a gate with square brick pillars surmounted by stone vases. Behind the left rider walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap. Through the gateway we are shown a short fat man in a clerical wig standing on a mounting block as a groom approaches with his horse."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Description: Titles etched below images.
Later state, with new border lines added around each image.
Two images on one plate, each with its own title and statement of responsibility.
Late-20th century restrike on modern paper, similar to others from the same collection bearing pencil annotations suggesting printing dates of 1977. The copper plate would have been in the possession of the successor Leadenhall Press in England at the time, according to Nicholas J.S. Knowles.
An original issue date of ca. 1790 is suggested Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1861.
Top image is a reduced copy of no. 4729 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4.
Bottom image is a reduced copy of no. 5804 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5.
Provenance: Ronald Paulson; October 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 48 x 34.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State with added borders].
Language: English