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A riding-house / Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton f.

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James Bretherton
approximately 1730-1806

A riding-house / Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton f.

[London] : Publish'd by Js Bretherton, 15th Feby, 1780.
etching (hand col.)
image: 369 x 543 mm; sheet: 402 x 567 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.283
Notes
Library's copy is an early state before addition of the caption title and publication line.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows the interior of a riding-school. A number of men riding round in a circle; those in the foreground ride from right to left, those in the background from left to right. The riding-master stands in the centre, pointing with hand and cane, and grinning at a short fat man in a clerical wig who is running across the room, alarmed at the horses. A short obese man in back-view on the extreme right, who is about to mount his horse has been identified as Captain Grose. Next him is a man with a grotesque impression of alarm riding a plunging horse. Among the riders are two with clerical wigs. One horse is galloping, out of control, the others are quietly ambling round. Two sides of a high rectangular room or hall are visible; in each wall are two high arch-topped windows.

Associated names
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, designer.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints