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Dancing Bear.
H. Bunbury del.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with very wide margins.
A showman pointing with a staff at the chained muzzle of a standing bear, while another man plays on a horn and a third watches. A reversed copy of the etching by James Bretheton published 1774.
[Ref: 54513] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
Patty.
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r. Cha.s White Sculp.t.
Publish'd Decem.r the 1 1783 by C. White, Stafford Row Pimlico and Mess.rs Torre Market Lane, London.
Oval stipple, printed in brown. 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾") very large margins. Crack in platemark at top, dusty.
A portrait of a woman carrrying a straw hat, wearing 'pattens', shoes with an iron ring designed to raise the foot from muddy ground. The plate was originally issued with a rectangular image, without the cottage and trees in the background, and with a quote from John Gay: ''The patten now Supports each frugal Dame, Which from the blue eyd Patty takes the Name'' (BM 1940,1109.114).
[Ref: 54713] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
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