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Coxheath ho!
Title
Coxheath ho! [art original].
Production
[England], [approximately 1779?]
Physical Description
1 drawing : wash and watercolor with graphite pencil ; sheet 22.3 x 31 cm, mounted to 31 x 40 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from text inscribed in contemporary hand on verso.
Date based on publication date of James Bretherton's etching after this drawing.
The signpost depicted in the drawing reads 'Rumford' while the Bretherton etching changes the text to 'Coxheath'
Provenance
Agnew, March 1971; Acquisitions no.: 971-4-1-3.
Summary
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Rumsford [Coxheath]. She is followed by her husband who is dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces which were frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group.
Publications
Image later etched by James Bretherton. Coxheath ho!. Publish'd 3d July 1779.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 13, 2011
References
Henry William Bunbury, Coxheath Ho!. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Henry William Bunbury, Coxheath Ho!. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Watercolors - British - 18th century.
Wash drawings - British - 18th century.
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