Patience in a punt / engraved from an original drawing by H.Bunbury Esqr.

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William Dickinson
1746 or 1747-1823
Patience in a punt / engraved from an original drawing by H.Bunbury Esqr.
London : Publish'd May 1st 1792, by WDickinson, Engraver & Printseller, No24 Old Bond Street, [1792]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.276
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London : Publish'd May 1st 1792, by W.Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller, No.24. Old Bond Street, [1792]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Probably engraved by W. Dickinson.

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Print shows three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third sits in a chair smoking. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog. Trees form a background; a portion of a sign-board projects into the design from the right inscribed 'The Old...Hot Eel...Every D[ay]', perhaps indicating Eel Pie Island on the Thames.

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