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A hail storm / drawn by H.W.Bunbury Esqr.

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John Raphael Smith
1752-1812

A hail storm / drawn by H.W.Bunbury Esqr.

London : Publish'd April 19th 1782 by J R Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street, [1782
stipple engraving
image: 255 x 305 mm; plate mark: 301 x 354 mm; sheet: 306 x 376 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.275
Notes
Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows three pedestrians walking into the teeth of a storm. In front is a very stout man with a globular figure, the lower part of his tightly buttoned coat blows backwards. He wears spurred top-boots, and his hands meet across his chest, holding a stick. He resembles caricatures of Captain Grose, see BMSat 4683, 5511, 5787, 5802. The next man wears a cloak which streams behind him as does his wig; he has a laced coat and hat, with two large keys tied to his wrist. A lean man (right) puts his head down grimacing as he hastens along, his hair, queue, cravat, coat and breeches all blowing in the wind; his hands are clasped in front holding a stick which rests on his shoulder. Farther off, between the two foremost pedestrians, a man on horseback holds his nose, his bag-wig, cravat, and coat-tails blown by the wind. In front of him (left) a short man is crouching in the lee of a bush, his hat and wig have blown off, a paper flutters from his hand..

Associated names
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, designer.
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
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