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2.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss File 76
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Billhead from M. & J. Callendar nursery and seedsmen with itemized merchandise sold to Thomas Adams of Alnwick for his estate at Eshott in Northumberland. The vignette and engraved capitals are from the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Docketed and dated 1779 -1780 by Adams on verso. Signed and dated by Callendar Sept. 2 1780
- Description:
- In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Nurseries (Horticulture) and Nursery dealers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Invoice from M. & J. Callender, nursery and seedsmen at the Orange-Tree, Middle-Street, 1779 March 2.
3.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, Charles, -1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs [ca. 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Duchess of Norfolk
- Description:
- Title from annotation on Horace Walpole's copy in the New York Public Library, identifying the sitter as Lady Barbara Villiers, Baroness Mansell. British Museum catalogue gives title as: [The Duchess of Norfolk?]., Date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Mansell, Barbara Villiers, Baroness, d. 1761. and Norfolk, Katharine Howard, Duchess of, d. 1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Playing cards, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Lady Mansel] [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 February 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 781.02.23.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 119. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The left sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, looking with astonishment at an elderly lady (right) walking from left to right followed by a little black boy carrying her umbrella. She wears an enormous calash hood, see BMSat 5434, &c, and holds in her left hand a shepherdess's crook. Three men (left) ride side by side, from left to right, the nearest pulls on his reins, leaning back, the next looks at the lady through his spy-glass, the third, staring open-mouthed, lashes his horse. The horse of a stout man riding from right to left, immediately behind the lady, is rearing. In the foreground an old woman sits by the roadside with a sheaf of ballads or newspapers. Behind (left) are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, "A central three plate composition. Riders in Hyde Park. A fat coachman (right) rides (left to right) a coach-horse in blinkers, his mistress is seated behind him, in back-view, wearing an enormous calash hood, see British Museum Satires No. 5434, &c, and holding a fan. The horse has planted its forefeet on the ground, its rider is applying spurs and a coach-whip. On the left a lady and a slim and elegant young man are galloping from right to left; he turns towards her, she looks straight ahead. Behind them rides a groom. In the background (right) is a group of trees, in the foreground grass and (left) three dogs."--British Museum online catalogue, and "The right sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, with a pedestrian who is being worried by four dogs, apparently on account of his dress. He stands (left) on tiptoe, in profile to the right, holding up his arms, a stick in his right hand. His coat is spotted like a leopard and it and his waistcoat are edged with fur. He is probably a Frenchman. Two dogs worry at his coat, a larger one standing on its hind-legs, puts one paw on his chest, a fourth is biting his long pigtail queue. Three riders, riding from right to left, look with interest at the man and dogs. The foremost is a military officer in uniform, with holsters and rolled cloak on his saddle. A fourth man rides stiffly from left to right, looking straight in front of him."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text within image on second sheet., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on two edges., A single design on three plates., Watermark: J. Ruse 1799., and Later impression from an unaltered plate; not printed before 1799.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Hyde Park (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Parks, Horses, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 February 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 781.02.23.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 119. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The left sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, looking with astonishment at an elderly lady (right) walking from left to right followed by a little black boy carrying her umbrella. She wears an enormous calash hood, see BMSat 5434, &c, and holds in her left hand a shepherdess's crook. Three men (left) ride side by side, from left to right, the nearest pulls on his reins, leaning back, the next looks at the lady through his spy-glass, the third, staring open-mouthed, lashes his horse. The horse of a stout man riding from right to left, immediately behind the lady, is rearing. In the foreground an old woman sits by the roadside with a sheaf of ballads or newspapers. Behind (left) are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, "A central three plate composition. Riders in Hyde Park. A fat coachman (right) rides (left to right) a coach-horse in blinkers, his mistress is seated behind him, in back-view, wearing an enormous calash hood, see British Museum Satires No. 5434, &c, and holding a fan. The horse has planted its forefeet on the ground, its rider is applying spurs and a coach-whip. On the left a lady and a slim and elegant young man are galloping from right to left; he turns towards her, she looks straight ahead. Behind them rides a groom. In the background (right) is a group of trees, in the foreground grass and (left) three dogs."--British Museum online catalogue, and "The right sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, with a pedestrian who is being worried by four dogs, apparently on account of his dress. He stands (left) on tiptoe, in profile to the right, holding up his arms, a stick in his right hand. His coat is spotted like a leopard and it and his waistcoat are edged with fur. He is probably a Frenchman. Two dogs worry at his coat, a larger one standing on its hind-legs, puts one paw on his chest, a fourth is biting his long pigtail queue. Three riders, riding from right to left, look with interest at the man and dogs. The foremost is a military officer in uniform, with holsters and rolled cloak on his saddle. A fourth man rides stiffly from left to right, looking straight in front of him."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text within image on second sheet., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on two edges., A single design on three plates., Watermark: J. Ruse 1799., and Later impression from an unaltered plate; not printed before 1799.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Hyde Park (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Parks, Horses, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 February 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 781.02.23.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 119. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The left sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, looking with astonishment at an elderly lady (right) walking from left to right followed by a little black boy carrying her umbrella. She wears an enormous calash hood, see BMSat 5434, &c, and holds in her left hand a shepherdess's crook. Three men (left) ride side by side, from left to right, the nearest pulls on his reins, leaning back, the next looks at the lady through his spy-glass, the third, staring open-mouthed, lashes his horse. The horse of a stout man riding from right to left, immediately behind the lady, is rearing. In the foreground an old woman sits by the roadside with a sheaf of ballads or newspapers. Behind (left) are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, "A central three plate composition. Riders in Hyde Park. A fat coachman (right) rides (left to right) a coach-horse in blinkers, his mistress is seated behind him, in back-view, wearing an enormous calash hood, see British Museum Satires No. 5434, &c, and holding a fan. The horse has planted its forefeet on the ground, its rider is applying spurs and a coach-whip. On the left a lady and a slim and elegant young man are galloping from right to left; he turns towards her, she looks straight ahead. Behind them rides a groom. In the background (right) is a group of trees, in the foreground grass and (left) three dogs."--British Museum online catalogue, and "The right sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, with a pedestrian who is being worried by four dogs, apparently on account of his dress. He stands (left) on tiptoe, in profile to the right, holding up his arms, a stick in his right hand. His coat is spotted like a leopard and it and his waistcoat are edged with fur. He is probably a Frenchman. Two dogs worry at his coat, a larger one standing on its hind-legs, puts one paw on his chest, a fourth is biting his long pigtail queue. Three riders, riding from right to left, look with interest at the man and dogs. The foremost is a military officer in uniform, with holsters and rolled cloak on his saddle. A fourth man rides stiffly from left to right, looking straight in front of him."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text within image on second sheet., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on two edges., A single design on three plates., Watermark: J. Ruse 1799., and Later impression from an unaltered plate; not printed before 1799.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Hyde Park (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Parks, Horses, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
7.
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.11.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man (left) leads by a rope the foremost of a crowd of prisoners sentenced to transportation who follow him from left to right. The two foremost are bearded Jews. Behind comes a knock-kneed youth taking a pinch of snuff; a man behind him is gnawing a large bone. There are ten prisoners in all. The background is part of the façade of Newgate prison."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '465' in lower left corner., 1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 37 x 26 cm., and Date erased from this impression and written in manuscript: 1760
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, no. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Newgate (Prison : London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Jews, Prisoners, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].
8.
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.04+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Eliza Farren (left) as Almeida, and Bensley as Omar (right), in 'The Fair Circassian' face each other in profile. She bends towards him, clasping her hands; he stands erect holding out his right hand towards her. He holds in his left hand the end of a chain which is attached to his right wrist. Almeida's body from the waist upwards is not attached to her voluminous petticoats. Omar has a beard, he wears a feathered hat or turban and an ermine-bordered robe over a tunic."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title etched in image, centered at top., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Later state; plate has been reduced along lower edge removing former inscription, a new inscription has been etched at top of image, and a detached eye has been added to the left of Bensley's profile. For the earlier state bearing the title "A puff off", see no. 6359 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Five lines of verse etched below title: So Bensley stared with all his might, e'en till his eye-ball started, so Farren flew to meet his sight, but she had laced herself so tight, her top and bottom parted.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Pratt, Mr. 1749-1814. (Samuel Jackson),, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, and Bensley, Robert, 1742-1817
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and actresses, English, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A moving scene in the Fair Circassian a woeful tragedy written by Mr. Pratt / [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.24+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 31. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printed on one sheet with a portrait also by Sayers: Miss Farren., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Costumes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
10.
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.32
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and Identity of subject conjectured by cataloger.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Greenaway, Stephen.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A shadow in its departure Aet. 68, 1781. Ps. CIX.22. [graphic]
11.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.33
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Donellan, John, -1781. and Boughton, Theodosius Edward Allesley, Sir, 1760-1780.
- Subject (Topic):
- Murder, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Captain Donallan rincing the bottle after poisoning Sir Theodosius Boughton [graphic].
12.
- Published / Created:
- [17 January 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.01.17.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Balance of power
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published as [the] act directs Jany. 17. 1781 by R. Wilkinson, at no. 58 in Cornhill
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Clothing & dress, and Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The ballance of power [graphic]
13.
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 20, 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.01.20.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An English sailor (left) with clenched fists faces Holland, France, Spain, and America, all but the first appearing "hors de combat". Numbers indicate the names of the 'Four Confederates which are given below the design. (1) America (right), "Yanky Doodle", an Indian brave with a feathered head-dress and girdle, is prone on the ground, his spear beside him; he says "This fall has hurt my Back". (2) France or "Monsieur Louis Baboon" dressed as a French fop with a bag-wig, is vomiting, his hand across his breast, his knees bent; he says, "Dem Jersey Pills have made a me Sick". (3) Spain or "Don Diego", dressed as a Spanish don, is bleeding from one eye, he stands behind America, saying "by St Jago he has almost Blinded me". These three are grouped together on the left, turning away from Jack England. No. 4 or "Mynheer Frog", dressed as a Dutch peasant, is standing with his legs wide apart, his fists clenched, smoking a pipe, he faces Jack, saying "I have almost forgot how to fight". In the background are ships. Beneath the title is engraved: "To Arms you Brave Britons to Arms the Road to Renown Lyes before you.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Jno. Smith, no. 35 Cheapside, Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Fighting, Sailors, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack England fighting the four confederates [graphic].
14.
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.26+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A French recruit (left), an English recruit (right) face each other in profile, both are standing erect in a soldierly way, but are in civilian clothes except for the favour in the Englishman's round hat, and except for the bulky knapsack of fur or skin which each wears. They are described in words engraved beneath the title: "Monsieur all ruffles no Shirt Wooden Pumps and Stockingless" and "Jack English with Ruddy face and belly full of Beef". The Frenchman holds a slim cane, the Englishman a stout cudgel. Behind the former (left) are frogs and rats or mice, behind the latter cows and sheep, to illustrate the supposed contrast between French and English fare."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Contrasted recruits
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed., Reissue, with publisher's name added to the plate, of no. 5862 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Date from print of same title; See British Museum satire no. 5862 which lacks imprint.
- Publisher:
- Sold by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- National characteristics, French, National characteristics, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Recruit Francois recruit anglois, or, The contrasted recruits [graphic]
15.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 April 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.04.09.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Figures representing the five countries who were at war. A tall Dutchman stands looking up with a face of despair, in his left hand he holds out a paper inscribed, "Eustatia lost, Oh! Oh!" He says, "I shall Die, I'm undone! My best hope is now gone!" A laughing English sailor (left) standing on his right holds a small bottle inscribed "Gin" to his nose, saying, "High & Mighty's [an allusion to 'Hogen Mogen', "the high mightiness", or the States General of the United Provinces] your Grief, Smell this for Relief." In his right hand he holds a netted purse taken from the Dutchman. On the right stand the other enemy powers: Spain, in slashed doublet, cloak, feathered hat, and top-boots, is reading a newspaper 'Gaze', ['London Gazette'] and sayings "If this News is true, It will make us all rue." Behind him are France (left) and America (right). France holds up his hands with an expression of alarm, saying, "St Eustatia by Gar, Vas de Storehouse of War." America, a slim youth, the most insignificant of the five, is saying, "America now, To Old England must bow.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject headings: Dutch island of St. Eustatius -- American Revolution -- Rodney seizing of the island.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 9th, 1781 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- National characteristics, American, National characteristics, British, National characteristics, Dutch, National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Dutchman in the dumps [graphic].
16.
- Creator:
- Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 781.04.12.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Honorable Charles James Fox
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Artist attribution to Bunbury from description of later state in the British Museum catalogue., and Early state. For later state with altered imprint statement, see no. 5878 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd April 12th, 1781, by W. Richardson, York House No. 31 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Honble. Chas. Jas. Fox [graphic]
17.
- Creator:
- Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 781.04.12.01.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Honorable Charles James Fox
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Initial letters of the name "JBaldrey" in signature and imprint form a monogram., Artist attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., Later state with altered imprint statement. For earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 781.04.12.01.1., and Mounted to 31 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd April 12th, 1781, by JBaldrey, No. 37 Green St. Grosr. Sqr., & E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Honble. Chas. Jas. Fox [graphic]
18.
- Published / Created:
- [10 May 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 781.05.10.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- 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
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of restiveness [graphic]
19.
- Published / Created:
- [10 May 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 781.05.10.02 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man on horseback on a country road; the horse is shying violently at a man (left) crouching among some bushes by the roadside. The rider has lost his seat, and is clutching the reins; his hat is in the air behind him. In the distance is a windmill (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. 5915 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. 7" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Equestrians., Mounted to 22 x 28 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
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding and Windmills
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of starting [graphic]
20.
- Published / Created:
- [10 May 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 781.05.10.03 Impression 1
- 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., 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
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of kicking [graphic]
