Watercolor drawing that provides a view from the back window of a house on the west side of St Martin’s Lane and shows the buildings running behind St Martin’s Lane. Identifiable on the right of the image is the building occupied by the bookseller John Noble, as Sandby has included his shop sign, a bust of Dryden, placed over his door and a trade sign advertising his circulating library. In the projecting bay-window to the right of the composition, a man can be seen at work
Description:
Title and date from dealer's description. and See Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd, Recent Acquisitions, 2019/2020, pp. 46-49. fuller description and history.
Subject (Geographic):
London (England),, England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Cityscape drawings, Neighborhood, Signs (Notices), and Stores & shops
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Coxheath. She is followed by her husband, dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces that frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group
Alternative Title:
Sir Horatio Mann returning from Linton to Barham Court having lost his way, is escorted by a farmer's wife returning from Maidstone market
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on title of published print based on this drawing., Date based on publication date of James Bretherton's etching., A pen and ink copy of an etching after Bunbury., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, British, Militias, and Dogs
Volume 1, page 10b. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A grinning man with a long queue stands facing right, holding a pair of shears in his left hand. He holds wooden box that serves as a stool in his right hand, and under his right arm is a struggling dog. Behind him, in the upper left, hangs a sign with three fleur-de-lis that is lettered "LA VENGEANCE De crotteur royal Tond des CHIENS Proprement".
Description:
Title, printmaker, and publication date supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a version of this design in reverse, published 25 April 1771 by M. Darly, see no. 4668 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 10b in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
