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A fat buck of Hyde Park

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Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850

A fat buck of Hyde Park

Published

[London] : Pubd Jan 1 1787 by S W Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No 3 Piccadilly, [1787]

etching, hand colored
image: 231 x 302 mm; sheet: 250 x 314 mm
Peel 2546
Notes
Printmaker from British Museum online catalog.
Bottom of image at lower left: Gentlemens Designs executed gratis.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Weltjie" twice in ink below image.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A stout man [possibly intended as a caricature of Louis Weltje] rides a trotting horse in profile to the right. followed by a dog. He rises from the saddle with his legs thrust forward, pulling hard at the curb with both hands; the snaffle rein lies on the lean horse's neck and the horse raises its head in distress as it defecates. He wears a broad-brimmed round hat and a coat buttoned across his chest by a single button.

Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints