Henry William Bunbury
Symptoms of Starting

CultureBritish
Titles
  • Symptoms of Starting
Date1781
MediumStipple engraving with etching and drypoint on laid paper
DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.6 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack S. Blanton, Jr.
Object number2024.10
Not on view

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Object Type
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. 7
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. 2 Symptoms of Starting. / 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: BM / 5916 / 90

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