Peasant of the Alps.
HB invt. [Bunbury.]
Pub.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t by MDarly (39) Strand. April 2d: 1771.
Etching, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
A gaunt man, hair in a long queue, striding to left with his hands in a huge muff. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '7' upper right.
BM Satires: 4675.
[Ref: 14153] £110.00
Pub.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t by MDarly (39) Strand. April 2d: 1771.
Etching, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
A gaunt man, hair in a long queue, striding to left with his hands in a huge muff. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '7' upper right.
BM Satires: 4675.
[Ref: 14153] £110.00