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Watson & Dickinson
Symptoms of tumbling / H.Bunbury Esq. delint.
London : Publish'd May 10th 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No.158. New Bond Street, [1781
etching with stipple
image: 168 x 217 mm; plate mark: 193 x 236 mm; sheet: 247 x 276 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.260
Notes
At head of image: Hints to bad horsemen; at upper left No. 9; at left of caption title: No. 4; below caption title: Ah me! what various Ills betide The Looby who presumes to ride.
No. 4 in a series of etchings after Bunbury entitled "Hints to bad horsemen". Cf. George.
According to Goodwin, the etching with stipple was executed by the partners Watson & Dickinson.
Library's impression is a proof before letters, with caption title added in pencil: Symptoms of falling.
No. 4 in a series of etchings after Bunbury entitled "Hints to bad horsemen". Cf. George.
According to Goodwin, the etching with stipple was executed by the partners Watson & Dickinson.
Library's impression is a proof before letters, with caption title added in pencil: Symptoms of falling.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a horse fallen on its knees with its rider flying over its head, his hands clutching the animal's neck, his legs in the air. The scene is a farmyard; a goose hisses at the falling man while ducks run away quacking. In the background are trees, a barn, and a paling.
Associated names
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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