[A Soft Tumble after a Hard Ride.From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.]
[London: Carington Bowles, c.1780.]
Mezzotint, fine proof before letters. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Proofs of drolls, small or large, are very rare.
Three hunters, a man and two women, attempt to jump a gate. Two fall, the man landing on top of one of the women. A smaller-format version of a plate published by Carington Bowles in 1780 (BM satires 5816). The BM's example of this smaller version (2010,7081.2106) is a later state, published by Bowles & Carver with added engraving, with the pamphlet in the man's pocket titled 'The Joys of th[e] Cha[se]'.
[Ref: 60799] £260.00
Mezzotint, fine proof before letters. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Proofs of drolls, small or large, are very rare.
Three hunters, a man and two women, attempt to jump a gate. Two fall, the man landing on top of one of the women. A smaller-format version of a plate published by Carington Bowles in 1780 (BM satires 5816). The BM's example of this smaller version (2010,7081.2106) is a later state, published by Bowles & Carver with added engraving, with the pamphlet in the man's pocket titled 'The Joys of th[e] Cha[se]'.
[Ref: 60799] £260.00