Image above 6 stanzas of explanatory poetry engraved in double columns. A balding lady on horseback in Hyde Park's Rotten Row loses her tête or head-dress to a gust of wind, as her horse bolts toward the right. Two other horsemen as well as a gardener and other passers-by debate the identity of the fallen wig which is decorated with ostrich plumes in the fashion of the period
Alternative Title:
Fate of the tête
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 27 x 21 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, 16th April 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Piccadilly
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Rumsford [Coxheath]. She is followed by her husband who is dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces which were frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group
Description:
Title from text inscribed in contemporary hand on verso., Date based on publication date of James Bretherton's etching after this drawing., The signpost depicted in the drawing reads 'Rumford' while the Bretherton etching changes the text to 'Coxheath', and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, Militias, and Dogs
"Three men, two on horseback, wearing new-fashioned hats. The centre figure is seen in back view on horseback, he wears a large hat with a high cylindrical crown round which are spaced six hat-bands. In the foreground (right) is a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat whose crown is shaped like an inverted flower-pot. He is looking through a small telescope. These two both carry knotted sticks. The third man who is cantering (left to right) in the middle distance (left) wears a similar hat. All three wear spurred top-boots in the fashion of the moment, with very long tops descending well below the calf of the leg."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's dates from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to design and into imprint.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16, 1781 by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 9th Jany, 1782.
Call Number:
782.01.09.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Henry Bunbury. See Bloomsbury catalogue., Place of publication based on printmaker's location., Sheet trimmed withint plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
In a country landscape, a man and a young woman in riding habit ride together (left to right) on a white horse, passing a signpost that reads (left) "To London" and (right) "To Newbury and Well Hall". She sits in front, holding the reins and riding astride. She holds up a purse in her left hand saying, "This will pay you for your Trouble Honey". The man sits behind, his feet in the stirrups, his left hand on the woman's waist; he says, "Promise me that and I will never say another Mass". The man wears ordinary riding-dress; the woman wears a feathered hat over a frilled cap, and a tight coat over a ruffled shirt. Behind them (left) walks a young woman, wearing a cap of lace and ribbons; she holds her apron to her eye, saying, "The Old witch is carrying away my Director". The words issue from the speakers' mouths on long scrolls. In the foreground (left) is a tree; the background is an undulating landscape with a square church tower and the roofs of a village among trees
Alternative Title:
Father D,----------, leaving his Catholic vows for the joys of the flesh and Father D leaving his Catholic vows for the joys of the flesh
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Attributed to Nixon in the British Museum catalogue., and Place of publication from location of publisher, assumed to be Thomas Cornell of Bruton Street. See I. Maxted's British book trades, 1710-1777.
Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip, is depicted riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil...", a saddle bag labelled "enjoyment" before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printmaker from earlier state. Cf. No. 6239 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
