| Method | Etching with contemporary handcolouring |
| Artist | James Bretherton after Henry William Bunbury |
| Published | [15 February 1780] |
| Dimensions | Image 364 x 540, Sheet 400 x 563 mm |
| Notes |
The interior of a chaotic looking riding school. In the foreground a gentleman on a particularly timid horse loses control as he attempts to urge it past a scampering dog. The riding master stands in the centre, pointing a cane and grinning at an alarmed fat man trying to escape the ring. While most of the horses are circling the arena at a bored riding school pony pace, one makes us if to gallop straight into the back wall. James Bretherton (fl. 1750-1799) was an etcher, dealer and publisher in London. His brother was Charles Bretherton. He is particularly associated with Henry William Bunbury, many of whose works he engraved and published. His stock of plates was auctioned in 1799. Henry William Bunbury (1750–1811) was an English caricaturist. He was the second son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet, of Mildenhall, Suffolk. He was educated at Westminster School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and soon showed a talent for drawing, especially for humorous subjects. His more serious efforts were no great success, but his caricatures are as famous as those of his contemporaries Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray. His designs were usually etched by Darly and Bretherton, and (from 1780s) Dickinson. Ex. Col: Brigadier Noël Louis St Pierre Bunbury DSO (1890–1971) BM Satires 5802 Condition: Time toning, some surface staining and paper buckling. Horizontal creases along top. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £300.00 |
| Stock ID | 45672 |