[A postillion] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A postillion] [graphic].
Creator: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
Published / Created: [approximately 1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire: a postillion with huge boots holding his whip, with a horse behind to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title, printmaker, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Later state, with the figure's queue added in drypoint and with the addition of background and foreground elements. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0309.1663.
Provenance: Suckling; 1922;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 14.5 x 11 cm, on sheet 16 x 12 cm
Edition: [State with background elements and figure's queue added].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Drypoints England London 1770
Material: etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Boots
Coach drivers
Whips
Horses
Subjects: Boots
Coach drivers
Whips
Horses
England > 1770
England > London > 1770

Access: Public
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