The Cambridge Jockey.Eques Cantab.
HWB [Bunbury] Invt.
Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. by MDarly Engraver No.(39) Strand.
Etching, 250 x 350mm. 9¾ x 13¾".
A young thin Cambridge student in hunting dress riding rapidly across a heath holding out a whip in front of his horse's nose. A lurcher-type dog runs alongside. Racing interest. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
See BM Satires: 4724.
[Ref: 14114] £380.00
Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. by MDarly Engraver No.(39) Strand.
Etching, 250 x 350mm. 9¾ x 13¾".
A young thin Cambridge student in hunting dress riding rapidly across a heath holding out a whip in front of his horse's nose. A lurcher-type dog runs alongside. Racing interest. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
See BM Satires: 4724.
[Ref: 14114] £380.00