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A farrier's shed
Title
[A farrier's shed] [graphic] / H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; W. Dickinson excudit.
Publication
London : Publish'd Octr. 1st, 1784, by W. Dickinson, [1 October 1784]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; sheet 19.0 x 15 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Artist's signature within lower right portion of image: H. Bunbury del. 84.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of statements of responsibility and imprint statement from lower edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: J,6.75.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
Summary
"A road-side scene; two horsemen stand by their horses outside a farrier's shed (left). One horse is held by a youth, the farrier stands beside it arguing with the rider who stands with his whip under his arm. The second (right) stands behind, beside his horse's head (its body being cut off by the right margin of the print), looking gloomily down at his watch. The shed is an open stone building with a pent-house roof; a farrier's hand and arm are just visible within it. Behind is a church tower among trees, its clock pointing to 8 o'clock. A sign-post (right) points 'To Liverpool xv Miles'. In the foreground (left) lies a dog."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2020
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 6726
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1784.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1784.
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