The Mistaken Notion

DateCa. 1787

Designer Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811)

Engraver William Dickinson

OriginEngland, London

MediumStipple and line engraving with period color on wove paper

DimensionsOH: 11 7/8" x OW: 9 1/4"; Plate: H: 8 7/8" x W: 7 1/2"

Credit LineGift of Mr. Philip Pinsof.

Object number1979-385

DescriptionLower margin reads: "H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin./ W. Dickenson Excudit./ The Mistaken Notion."
Label TextThis plate was published in [BUNBURY, Henry]. GAMBADO, Geoffrey. An Academy For Grown Horsemen. Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling, and Tumbling. Illustrated with Copper Plates, and Adorned with a Portrait of the Author (London: Printed for W. Dickinson, S. Hooper, and Mess. Robinsons, 1787).