[Dr. Dawdle in a hurry] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Dr. Dawdle in a hurry] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Doctor Dawdle in a hurry
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Published / Created: 1st March 1782.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An elderly doctor wearing a wig rides a wretched-looking horse. The rider looks fierce; pulling on the reins, he looks ready to use his whip to slash the sorry horse
Description: Title from later state.
Title written in pencil beneath image.
Early state, before title engraved below image. For the later state bearing title, see no. 6142 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7.
Printed on a single sheet with: Symptoms of running away / Js. Bretherton f. Dated January 9, 1782.
Collector's stamp: letter 'E' in lower left corner, on verso.
Watermark: countermark I V.
Provenance: Bloomsbury, Sale 635, Lot 695, December 19-20, 2007. Bernard Quaritch; 11 January 2008;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.6 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 28 x 53 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [Proof before title].
Language: English