On recto, two men walk to the left in a wood with guns. The man behind (right) holds his gun by the barrel pointed towards his companion's posterior; he wears colored spectacles, a top hat, and is smoking a cigar. The man in front (left) looks back towards his companion as he holds his rifle by the butt, the barrel pointed over his shoulder at his companion's face. The lines below: "I never likes to go out with a man as don't carry his gun like a sportsman." "Not I. I'm always wery particular.!" and On verso, a pencil drawing of two men (dustmen?) conversing as one points to the donkey that he holds by the reins
Alternative Title:
I never likes to go out with a man as do'nt [sic] carry his gun like a sportsman
Description:
Title written in ink at top of sheet on the recto; alternative title from dialogue written in ink below image., Attribution to Henry Heath and approximate date of production inferred from an etching (in reverse) of similar design that appears with nearly identical text in Henry Heath's series "Sporting sketches". For a description of the design for which this may be the original drawing, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1951,0411.4.29. For plate of four designs of which this is one part, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.00.00.30+., and With pencil sketch on verso depicting a dustman talking to a man with a donkey.
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Hunting, Rifles, Smoking, and Sunglasses
On recto, two men walk to the left in a wood with guns. The man behind (right) holds his gun by the barrel pointed towards his companion's posterior; he wears colored spectacles, a top hat, and is smoking a cigar. The man in front (left) looks back towards his companion as he holds his rifle by the butt, the barrel pointed over his shoulder at his companion's face. The lines below: "I never likes to go out with a man as don't carry his gun like a sportsman." "Not I. I'm always wery particular.!" and On verso, a pencil drawing of two men (dustmen?) conversing as one points to the donkey that he holds by the reins
Alternative Title:
I never likes to go out with a man as do'nt [sic] carry his gun like a sportsman
Description:
Title written in ink at top of sheet on the recto; alternative title from dialogue written in ink below image., Attribution to Henry Heath and approximate date of production inferred from an etching (in reverse) of similar design that appears with nearly identical text in Henry Heath's series "Sporting sketches". For a description of the design for which this may be the original drawing, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1951,0411.4.29. For plate of four designs of which this is one part, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.00.00.30+., and With pencil sketch on verso depicting a dustman talking to a man with a donkey.
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Hunting, Rifles, Smoking, and Sunglasses
"A man in ragged but quasi-fashionable dress rides (right to left) an ass through a river which flows past a steep mountain. The animal jibs, with ears set back; the rider raises a whip in each hand. He wears, and uses, three pairs of spurs, and attached to his shoulders and to the ass is a monstrous pile of bladders inscribed respectively 'Repartee', 'Nonsensical Verses', 'Catastrophe', 'Sentiment', 'Blasphemies', 'Puns', 'Duels', 'Double Entendres', 'Metaphors', 'Ghosts', 'Melting Speeches', 'Squibs', 'Dialogue', 'Daggers Poisons'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print engraved after this drawing and A rough pencil sketch of the same design but lacking much of the detail on the verso
Alternative Title:
Dramatic author foiled in his endeavor to ascend Parnassus
Description:
Title written below image, in the artist's hand., Unsigned; artist attribution from statement of responsiblity "Giles Grinagain in. et f." present on the print made after this drawing., Date surmised from that of the print based on this drawing., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., and Original design for a print first published by S. Howitt in 1802 and then reissued by S.W. Fores in 1804. Changes in the printed version include the replacement of the word "endeavor" in the title with "attempt," and the elimination of the speech bubble emanating from the man. Cf. No. 10334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8.
A view of a bridge over a river with falls, a rugged terrain with a fallen tree lower left. A man rides his donkey over the bridge
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 2 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Title devised by curator. and Questionable artist attribution and date from similar drawings in the same collection that were signed and dated by the artist.
Title and date supplied by curator., Verse below image., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Phlebotomy, Barbers, Barbershops, Peg legs, Shaving, Wigs, Donkeys, Swine, Monkeys, Cats, Elephants, Teeth, and Newspapers
