Sir Gregory Gigg [graphic] / designd. by H.W. Bunbury Esqr.
- Copyright Date:
- [23 July 1782]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 33 x 27.8 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
CtY-LW - Abstract:
- "A young man driving (right to left) one of the new high two-wheeled gigs, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5933, 6143. Its small body is poised high on springs above the large wheels; the driver leans forward to whip his pair of high-stepping horses, which are about to descend a precipitous hill. He wears the plain high-crowned hat which was so great a novelty in 1781 (see British Museum Satires No. 5931, &c.) and top-boots. On the panel of the gig is a draped escutcheon with monogram or cipher. In the foreground are bushes and rough ground with a milestone, "Miles XXI"."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Topics:
- Carriages & coaches.
Horses.
Traffic signs & signals.
Whips. - Topics:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, publisher.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1782.
Mezzotints--England--London--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Call Number:
- 49 3563
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 15377549
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr21985
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6146
- OID:
- 17355631
- PID:
- digcoll:5255735
