Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion wearing huge boots is seen from behind, walking away holding his whip
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Postillions., Mounted on page 10a in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 12.4 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet annotated by Horace Walpole in ink in lower left corner: HW. ipse sc.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 10th Jany. 1774.
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.01.10.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A postilion standing holding his whip dangling before him
Alternative Title:
Postillion
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.95., Alternative title from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
A gentleman leads a young woman and her mother (or chaperone) to the door of a carriage, held open by the coach driver who wears a top hat and a peculiar grin. In the background is a house or inn with a partially drawn figure (in ink) watching or emerging from the door. On the verso, pencil sketches of two men in top hats, and a smaller figure lightly sketched with a top hat in black ink
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed by the artist in lower left., Date from dealer's description., and On verso are later inscriptions in pencil.
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Dwellings
