Sir Gregory Gigg [graphic]

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Title: Sir Gregory Gigg [graphic]
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, publisher.
Published / Created: [23 July 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. July 23d, 1782, by J.R. Smith, N. 83 Oxford Street, London
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: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. "Sir Gregory Gigg ...", song from Son in law -- Vehicles: Two-wheeled gigs.
Mounted on page 6 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 33 x 27.8 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 6. 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: Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Mezzotints England London 1782
Material: etching and mezzotint ; and laid paper bistre ink.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.
Subject (Topic): Carriages & coaches
Horses
Whips
Traffic signs & signals
Subjects: O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833
Carriages & coaches
Horses
Whips
Traffic signs & signals
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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