[A postillion] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A postillion] [graphic].
Creator: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
Published / Created: [ca. 1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking forward, away from the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
Description: Title, printmaker, and date of publication from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Early state, before position of the figure's head altered and before additional shading added to the foreground. For a later state with these changes to the plate, see no. 4745 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 14.7 x 10.1 cm, on sheet 15.8 x 11.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State with figure looking forward].
Language: English