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- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 32 Box D200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Boots gets his revenge
- 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., and Probably the original design for a print entitled "Tricks upon travellers," an illustration to Annals of horsemanship (London : W. Dickinson, 1791).
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Kicking, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hard hearted Grower gives poor Boots his due, or Boots at posting has a Rig for you - Anon [art original].
