"George IV, on a galloping horse, aims an arrow at the crowned head of the Queen (left), which emerges above the clouds of dust raised by his horse. He wears military uniform, with peacock's feathers (see British Museum Satires No. 13299) in his cocked hat. In the distance (right) are the domes of the Pavilion. The plate faces lines beginning: A, for an Archer, who wounded a Queen, The stoutest Apollo that ever was seen, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
A, for an archer, who wounded a queen, the stoutest Apollo that ever was seen ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Rosco., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Feathers, Bows (Weapons), and Archery
Volume 2, page 66. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man canters in profile to the left on a lean and broken-kneed horse whose hind-quarter is branded. He has only one rein attached to ill-fitting harness, and sits with his leg thrust forward and holds a club against his right shoulder. Behind him (right) is a signpost: 'The Bridle Way to Horse-Lydown' (a pun on Horselydown, Southwark). In the background are trees and (left) the Thames with ships."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Temporary local subject terms: Broken kneed horse -- Branded horse -- Signpost: The Bridie Way to Horse-ly Down -- Ships on the Thames., Mounted on page 66 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.0 x 18.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augst. 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Traffic signs & signals, and Ships
Volume 2, page 66. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man canters in profile to the left on a lean and broken-kneed horse whose hind-quarter is branded. He has only one rein attached to ill-fitting harness, and sits with his leg thrust forward and holds a club against his right shoulder. Behind him (right) is a signpost: 'The Bridle Way to Horse-Lydown' (a pun on Horselydown, Southwark). In the background are trees and (left) the Thames with ships."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., and Temporary local subject terms: Broken kneed horse -- Branded horse -- Signpost: The Bridie Way to Horse-ly Down -- Ships on the Thames.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augst. 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Traffic signs & signals, and Ships
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Two lines of text within image: That's for comtempt in court you scoundril ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: riding habit -- Yokels., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 30 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of series title and number., and Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
Feb 8, 1801.
Call Number:
801.02.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An obese man in a floral waistcoat and large lace collar rides his horse down a lane, his dog following behind
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and artist from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Volume 2, page 78. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., Text below title: Ingrediturq solo & caput inter nubila condit., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 78 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
"A stout man rides a trotting horse in profile to the right. followed by a dog. He rises from the saddle with his legsthrust forward, pulling hard at the curb with both hands; the snaffle rein lies on the lean horse's neck. He wears a broad-brimmed round hat and a coat buttoned across his chest by a single button."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Questionable attribution to West in local card catalog., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In lower left corner of image: Gentlemens designs executed gratis., and Blue paper mounting partially removed.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jan. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
Leaf 47. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For a brief mention of the original issue of the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1209.76-111., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Two lines of dialogue below title: John, I'm going to raise your rent. Sir, I'm very much obliged to you, for I can't raise it myself!, and On leaf 47 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Landlord & tenant relations, Dandies, British, Horseback riding, and Dogs
Volume 2, page 78. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., Text below title: In hoc signo vinces., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 78 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25th, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 25 Old Bond Street
Leaf 37. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A hunting scene in which the obese huntsman, riding a horse that is shaped like a bottle, follows in full gallop a pack of hounds shaped like wine glasses as they race over the fence. The party pursues their quarry, a fox with a body shaped like a corkscrew, through a rolling landscape, over a stile and up a hill
Alternative Title:
Cork screw chace and Corkscrew chase
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '12' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Hunting -- Hounds -- Fences., Second of two plates on leaf 37., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accorg. to act May 19th, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
