Volume 1, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout rider on a small horse or cob standing by a sign-post (left) on a country road. The horse's head is held down and looks back along the road behind him. In the background on the right is a church spire surrounded by trees. The first of a series of four 'Hints ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Series title etched above image; series numbering precedes print title below image., Two lines of verse below title: Ah me! what various ills betide the looby who presumes to ride., "No. 6"--Upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Equestrians., Mounted on page 31 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.6 x 23.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 10th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Title from caption below image., Printmakers from signature on earlier state., Reissue, with different imprint statement and with signature of printmakers burnished out, of a plate originally published 10 May 1781 by Watson & Dickinson. Cf. no. 5914 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Two lines of verse below title: Ah me! what various ills betide the looby who presumes to ride., Series numbering precedes title., Plate numbered "no. 6" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Equestrians -- Pastimes: Riding., and Hand-coloring mostly obscures plate no. in upper left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 26th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Volume 1, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout rider on a small horse or cob standing by a sign-post (left) on a country road. The horse's head is held down and looks back along the road behind him. In the background on the right is a church spire surrounded by trees. The first of a series of four 'Hints ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Series title etched above image; series numbering precedes print title below image., Two lines of verse below title: Ah me! what various ills betide the looby who presumes to ride., "No. 6"--Upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Equestrians., Mounted to 22 x 27 cm., and Imperfect; plate number has been erased from upper left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 10th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Volume 1, page 30. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A horse is kicking violently, its head down, the rider has lost his seat and his stirrups and is clutching the animal's mane. The scene is a country road, a village is indicated in the distance (right). One of a series of four 'Hints . . .', see British Museum Satires No. 5914."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Series title etched above image; series numbering precedes print title below image., Two lines of verse below title: Ah me! what various ills betide the looby who presum's to ride., "No. 8"--Upper left corner., and Mounted on page 30 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 10th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Title from caption below image., Printmakers from signature on earlier state., Reissue, with different imprint statement and with signature of printmakers burnished out, of a plate originally published 10 May 1781 by Watson & Dickinson. Cf. no. 5916 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Two lines of verse below title: Ah me! what various ills betide the looby who presumes to ride., Series numbering precedes title., Plate numbered "no. 8" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Equestrians -- Pastimes: Riding., Watermark: J. Whatman 1810., and Hand-coloring mostly obscures plate no. in upper left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 26th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
"A horse is kicking violently, its head down, the rider has lost his seat and his stirrups and is clutching the animal's mane. The scene is a country road, a village is indicated in the distance (right). One of a series of four 'Hints . . .', see British Museum Satires No. 5914."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with the spelling of the word "presumes" corrected in verses below title. Cf. No. 5916 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of verse below title: Ah me! what various ills betide the looby who presumes to ride., Series numbering precedes title., Plate numbered "no. 8" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Equestrians., Mounted to 23 x 27 cm., and Imperfect; plate number in upper left corner has been erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 10th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Title from text below image., Early state, with variant title. For the later state with the expanded title "The coffee-house patriots, or, News from St. Eustatia", see no. 5923 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 12., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 15th, 1781, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"Portrait (whole-length) of Sam House seated in an arm-chair, a wineglass in his right hand, his left hand on his hip. At his right side, on a small rectangular table, is a punch-bowl inscribed "Fox for eve[r]". He is in his well-known dress, see BMSat 5696, &c, and wears ungartered stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue. Also attributed to Charles Knight; see British Museum online catalogue., Text below title: Libertas et natule [sic] solum., and Mounted on leaf 9a (i.e. verso of leaf 8) of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Published July 12, 1781, by C. Knight, Berwick Street
"Portrait (whole-length) of a man standing in profile to the right holding a violin in his right hand, a bow in his left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
First catgut scraper
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly etched by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., First letters of imprint statement are lightly printed and illegible, possibly due to an imperfection in the plate. The letter 'S' in 'Street' in publisher's address is etched in reverse., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 15.0 x 9.4 cm, on sheet 23.3 x 17.5 cm., First word of imprint statement ('Pubd.'), which is lightly printed on other impressions, is completely absent here; this is possibly due to wear or burnishing of the plate., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
[Pu]bd. Nov. 27, 81, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
"Portrait (whole-length) of a man standing in profile to the right holding a violin in his right hand, a bow in his left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
First catgut scraper
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly etched by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., and First letters of imprint statement are lightly printed and illegible, possibly due to an imperfection in the plate. The letter 'S' in 'Street' in publisher's address is etched in reverse.
Publisher:
[Pu]bd. Nov. 27, 81, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
