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A rat-catcher / H.W. Bunbury Esqr. del. ; J. Baldrey sculpt.

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Joshua Kirby Baldrey
1754-1828

A rat-catcher / H.W. Bunbury Esqr. del. ; J. Baldrey sculpt.

London : Published Janry. 26th, 1789, by W. Dickinson New Bond Street, [1789
stipple engraving
image: 317 x 242 mm; plate mark: 379 x 290 mm; sheet: 450 x 371 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.269
Notes
Printed in sepia ink.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Oval image shows a rat catcher accompanied by two terriers, holding a cage of live rats in one hand and three dead rats hanging from a stick in the other.

Associated names
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, designer.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints