[A harlequin, pantaloon, and Pierrot] [art original].

Description

Title: [A harlequin, pantaloon, and Pierrot] [art original].
Creator: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created: [1765?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: The three characters walk to the right, with the harlequin wearing his traditional outfit in the lead, pointing forward with his left hand and holding a batte in his right hand. The pantaloon comes next, wearing pantaloons and a cape and holding a dagger. Pierrot brings up the rear, bounding along with outstretched arms, holding his hat in his right hand. A house, a fence, and a tree are seen in the background
Description: Title and date from local card catalog record.
Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work.
Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
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 drawing : sheet 62 x 94 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink on brown laid paper ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Pantaloon (Fictitious character)
Pierrot (Fictitious character)
Fictitious characters
Hats
Capes (Clothing)
Daggers & swords
Subjects: Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Pantaloon (Fictitious character)
Pierrot (Fictitious character)
Fictitious characters
Hats
Capes (Clothing)
Daggers & swords
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Henry William Bunbury, A Harlequin, Pantaloon, and Pierrot. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.