A hail storm / drawn by H.W.Bunbury Esqr.

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John Raphael Smith
1752-1812
A hail storm / drawn by H.W.Bunbury Esqr.
London : Publish'd April 19th 1782 by J R Smith, No 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street, [1782
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.275
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London : Publish'd April 19th 1782 by J R Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street, [1782
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Engraved by J.R. Smith.

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Print shows three pedestrians walking into the teeth of a storm. In front is a very stout man with a globular figure, the lower part of his tightly buttoned coat blows backwards. He wears spurred top-boots, and his hands meet across his chest, holding a stick. He resembles caricatures of Captain Grose, see BMSat 4683, 5511, 5787, 5802. The next man wears a cloak which streams behind him as does his wig; he has a laced coat and hat, with two large keys tied to his wrist. A lean man (right) puts his head down grimacing as he hastens along, his hair, queue, cravat, coat and breeches all blowing in the wind; his hands are clasped in front holding a stick which rests on his shoulder. Farther off, between the two foremost pedestrians, a man on horseback holds his nose, his bag-wig, cravat, and coat-tails blown by the wind. In front of him (left) a short man is crouching in the lee of a bush, his hat and wig have blown off, a paper flutters from his hand..

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