Volume 2, page 66. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout man seated by a table (left), one hand resting on a book as if sitting for a portrait. He holds a crutch, one gouty foot is bandaged; his hair is tousled, his face ludicrously contorted buy a frown. Four framed prints of men on horseback or leading horses are on the wall, which is also decorated by a pair of clumsy top-boots hanging from a nail. A saddle leans against the wall."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Frontispiece to: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Imperfect; artist's signature has been mostly erased from lower left corner of sheet. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Medical equipment -- Medical disease -- Male costume: Top boots -- Furniture: Pictures that amplify subject of print., Mounted on page 66 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.6 x 20.0 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark, and artist's signature has been mostly erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1st, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Volume 2, page 66. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout man seated by a table (left), one hand resting on a book as if sitting for a portrait. He holds a crutch, one gouty foot is bandaged; his hair is tousled, his face ludicrously contorted buy a frown. Four framed prints of men on horseback or leading horses are on the wall, which is also decorated by a pair of clumsy top-boots hanging from a nail. A saddle leans against the wall."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Frontispiece to: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Imperfect; artist's signature has been mostly erased from lower left corner of sheet. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Medical equipment -- Medical disease -- Male costume: Top boots -- Furniture: Pictures that amplify subject of print., and Watermark, trimmed.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1st, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
"Dutch broadside on the South Sea Bubble and other investment schemes of 1720; with an engraving and an etching, in the centre an engraving showing an old winged man, holding a mirror in front of a young man who points at a globe representing the international speculation schemes; this image framed with an etching with a decorative border with Callot figures, strap-work and various objects, including two bird cages; with engraved title and inscriptions, and with letterpress title, verses and a list of the schemes in five columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved within image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Tomb of the ruined stockholders., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of letterpress verse in Dutch below plate, titled "Eere-titel, of Gordyn voor het Schouburg der Actie-Tafereelen ...", Plate 1 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Mounted to 49 x 34 cm., and Watermark.
Title from text engraved above image., Attributed to Berge in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this edition., On sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse in Dutch below the design: Het Actiescheepjen , omgeslingerd op de báren ..., Plate 46 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ...?, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: South Sea Bubble., Watermark., Mounted to 46 x 33 cm., and Title translation on verso of mounting: The jolting share-ship of Mme. Company and Mr. Bubbles.
Title from text engraved above image., Attributed to P.V.D. Berge in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this edition., On one sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse below image: Schoon de eid'le Hoop nog hoopt, het actie boomtze sterft ..., Plate 49 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., Sheet numbered '49' in pencil in an unidentified hand in upper right corner, recto; mounted to 46 x 33 cm., and Title translation on verso of mount: The emanciation and death of the share tree.
Volume 2, page 67. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man rides on a country road in profile to the left, facing a squall of wind and rain which beats the brim of his round hat over his face. He approaches a fork in the road with a signpost (left) showing the roads to 'Oxford' and '[L]ondon'. A bag at the back of his saddle shows that he is 'what is called on the road, a rider, a bag-man or bagster'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Mounted on page 67 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 22.5 x 20.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1st, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Winds, Rain, and Traffic signs & signals
Volume 2, page 67. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man rides on a country road in profile to the left, facing a squall of wind and rain which beats the brim of his round hat over his face. He approaches a fork in the road with a signpost (left) showing the roads to 'Oxford' and '[L]ondon'. A bag at the back of his saddle shows that he is 'what is called on the road, a rider, a bag-man or bagster'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., and Watermark, mostly trimmed.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1st, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Winds, Rain, and Traffic signs & signals
Volume 2, page 68. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A smartly dressed man of vulgar appearance rides (left to right) a horse which starts forward. He looks smiling to the right; his right leg is thrust forward almost horizontally, his right hand is on the horse's neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Temporary local subject terms: Horse and rider -- Horsemanship., Mounted on page 68 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.3 x 20.6 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1th [sic], 1786, by W. Dickingson [sic], engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Volume 2, page 68. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A smartly dressed man of vulgar appearance rides (left to right) a horse which starts forward. He looks smiling to the right; his right leg is thrust forward almost horizontally, his right hand is on the horse's neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Temporary local subject terms: Horse and rider -- Horsemanship., and Watermark, partially trimmed.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1th [sic], 1786, by W. Dickingson [sic], engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street