How to lose your way

Description

Title: How to lose your way
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Published / Created: [not before 1787]
Publication Place: London and England London
Abstract: A man on horseback, in profile to the left, rides on a country road, facing a strong wind that forcing the brim of his round hat to cover his face. He approaches a fork in the road with a signpost as a carriage carrying two figures one of whom struggles to control the horse and the other with a bowed head and an umbrella blown inside out
Description: A drawing based on the original by Henry William Bunbury, first published in 1787.
Title inscribed below image.
Not signed. Attributed to Rowlandson by Hugh Belsey.
Provenance: Formerly owned by A.P. Oppé; with Michael Bryan 1984; Xanthus Gallery to Hugh Belsey. Given to the Lewis Walpole Library, November 2025.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 9.4 x 14.7 cm, mounted and matted to 23 x 25 cm (visible) and framed to 25 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English