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How to do things by halves

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Henry William Bunbury

How to do things by halves

Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Davison, [between 1812 and 1817]
etching
image: 135 x 222 mm; sheet: 190 x 263 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.685
Notes
Date suggested by Isaac and by BM record for another popular print by Davison.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at head of image.
No. 26 printed at upper right.
After a print with the same title designed by Henry Bunbury, originally published in his "Annals of horsemanship."
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a rider with a whip attempting to clear a stile, with his horse's forelegs on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider is visible close on their heels.

Associated names
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. How to do things by halves.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, printer.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints