Henry and Emma [graphic]

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Title: Henry and Emma [graphic]
Creator: Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher.
Published / Created: [26 June 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 26th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Abstract: "A woman on horseback, looking down at a man standing with dogs and a spear at his side, another man with horse beside and a folly above them; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker attribution to Dickinson from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.123.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Dedication etched below title: To Lady Williams Wynne, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by her Ladyships most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson.
Probably an illustration to Matthew Prior's poem 'Henry and Emma'.
Mounted on page 39 in volume 2 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 print : sheet 58.3 x 47.0 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 39. 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: Illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: stipple engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721.
Subject (Topic): Horses
Dogs
Spears
Subjects: Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721 > Illustrations
Horses
Dogs
Spears
England > London > 1784
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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