Peasants of the Vale of Langollen [graphic]

Description

Title: Peasants of the Vale of Langollen [graphic]
Alternative Title: Peasants of the Vale of Llangollen
Creator: Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 November 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Novr. 2, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Abstract: "A woman standing looking to front while a man whips the donkey behind her, as they travel along a road to left, a cottage at right and a high view across a forest beyond the fence at left; oval design, after Bunbury, from a series."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Plate was engraved by either John Baldrey or his brother Joshua Kirby Baldrey; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.452.
Second state, with altered publication line, of a plate originally published 1 November 1781 by J. Baldrey. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2315.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Plate numbered "4" above image.
Mounted on page 47 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; circular image 23.3 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 28.0 cm.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : circular image 24 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 28 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 6. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 47. 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]