Sir Gregory Gigg [graphic]

Description

Title: Sir Gregory Gigg [graphic]
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Harris, John, approximately 1740-1812, publisher.
Published / Created: [25 March 1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 25, 1802, by Ino. Harris, No. 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street
Abstract: "A young man driving (right to left) one of the new high two-wheeled gigs, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5933, 6143. Its small body is poised high on springs above the large wheels; the driver leans forward to whip his pair of high-stepping horses, which are about to descend a precipitous hill. He wears the plain high-crowned hat which was so great a novelty in 1781 (see British Museum Satires No. 5931, &c.) and top-boots. On the panel of the gig is a draped escutcheon with monogram or cipher. In the foreground are bushes and rough ground with a milestone, "Miles XXI"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title etched below image.
Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 23 July 1782 by J.R. Smith. Cf. No. 6146 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Watermark.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; October 1959.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32.8 x 28 cm, on sheet 55 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1802
Mezzotints England London 1802
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Carriages & coaches
Horses
Whips
Traffic signs & signals
Subjects: Carriages & coaches
Horses
Whips
Traffic signs & signals
England > 1782
England > London > 1802

Access: Public
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