[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: "Satire: a postillion with huge boots holding his whip; a progress proof in pure etching before the addition in drypoint of the horse behind to the right."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0309.1663
Description: Title, printmaker, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue.
Early (proof?) state, before figure's queue added in drypoint and before the addition of background and foreground elements. For a later state with these changes to the plate, see no. 4743 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 14.6 x 10.1 cm, on sheet 15.1 x 10.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State lacking background elements and figure's queue].
Language: English