Terms and conditions of use
Symptoms of restiveness
1781
Medium
etching with stipple
Measurements
17.3 × 22.3 cm (image) 19.4 × 23.5 cm (plate) 29.0 × 39.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 5914
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas Watson and William Dickinson, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: H.Bunbury Eſq.r (r in superscript above . ) delin.
printed in ink l.r.: Watſon & Dickinſon Excud.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: London,Publiſh’d May 10:th (th in superscript above : ) 1781, by Watſon & Dickinſon N.o (o in superscript above . ) 158 New Bond Street.
printed in ink u.l.: N,,o (o in superscript above ,, ) 6.
printed in ink u.c.: Hints to bad Horſemen.
printed in ink l.c.: N.o (o in superscript above . ) 1. SYMPTOMS OF RESTIVENESS. / Ah me! what various Ills betide / The Looby who presumes to ride.
Accession Number
664-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Animals Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) conflict (general sense) equestrians horse (species) horseback riding men (male humans)