The Old Print Shop

How to travel upon two legs in a Frost.

  • ARTIST: Henry William Bunbury

  • MEDIUM: Etching with stipple

    DATE: c.1791.

  • EDITION SIZE: Plate size 10 x 8 3/16" (25.1 x 19.8 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: A caricature of a man riding a horse, sliding down a hill due to icy conditions. A phrase in Latin below the title, "Ostendunt terris hunc tantum fata neque ultra esse finent" which roughly translates to: They show that the world's fates are not limited to this one. This image was later copied and used by Thomas Rolandson.<br><br> From the series: Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, Both Successful and Unsuccessful:...<br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Printed on wove paper.

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for some surface soiling. Some staining in the paper, lower left corner missing, well outside of plate mark. Large margins.

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