Henry William Bunbury
Symptoms of Restiveness

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Artist Henry William Bunbury (British, 1750–1811)British, 1750–1811

PrinterPrinted by Thomas Watson (English, 1748–1781)English, 1748–1781

CultureBritish

Titles

Symptoms of Restiveness

Date1781

MediumStipple engraving with etching and drypoint on laid paper

DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 3/8 in. (19.5 × 23.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack S. Blanton, Jr.

Object number2024.9

Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1779/1781; [Grosvenor Prints, London, by 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone known for these impressions
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in plate, above top left corner of image: No. 6
Recto: Inscribed in plate, above center top edge of image: Hints to bad Horsemen.
Recto: Inscribed in plate, below left bottom edge of image: H. Bunbury Esq. delin.
Recto: Inscribed in plate, below center bottom edge of image: No. 1 Symptoms of Restiveness. / Ah me! what various Ills betide / The Looby who presumes to ride. / London, Publish’d May 10th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson No. 158 New Bond Street.
Recto: Inscribed in plate, below right bottom edge of image: Watson & Dickinson Excud't.
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center top edge: 772
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: E / -
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: [illegible]
Verso [mount]: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: BM / 5914 / 130

Recto: lower half of sheet, reversed: LVG?/lower part of a shield with a number four below

Catalogue raisonnéNone

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