Hard hearted Grower gives poor Boots his due, or Boots at posting has a Rig for you - Anon [art original].

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Title: Hard hearted Grower gives poor Boots his due, or Boots at posting has a Rig for you - Anon [art original].
Alternative Title: Boots gets his revenge
Creator: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1790?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A man on horseback struggles to maintain control of his horse as it rears its hind legs, sending a boy scrambling away in the foreground on the right. In the background, another man looks on and grins at the prank he has played with his stick in the horse's tail; he stands in front of a building (an inn?) with a sign hanging above the entrance
Description: Title from inscription.
Attribution to Bunbury from inscription on verso, which notes that the drawing was presented to Lord Harrington.
Two line inscription in ink across lower margin: Hard hearted Grower gives poor Boots his due, Or Boots at posting has a Rig for you - Anon.
Probably the original design for a print entitled "Tricks upon travellers," an illustration to Annals of horsemanship (London : W. Dickinson, 1791).
Provenance: Purchased from Palinurus Antiquarian Books, February 2024.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 22.3 x 18 cm, mounted to 27.8 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English