[A postillion] [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [A postillion] [graphic].
- Creator
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1770]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A French postillion wearing huge boots is seen from behind, walking away holding his whip
- Description
-
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Postillions.
Mounted on page 10a in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 12.4 x 8.2 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Sheet annotated by Horace Walpole in ink in lower left corner: HW. ipse sc. - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 121 x 81 mm, on sheet 14 x 10 cm
- Language
-
No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115. Bunbury album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector. Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792] [London], [between 1780 and 1794]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Coach drivers
Boots
Whips - Subjects
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Coach drivers
Boots
Whips
England > 1770
England > London > 1770
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10109393
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355463