Pot Fair Cambridge, and, The College Gate
Two scenes printed on one sheet, the subjects relate to Bunbury's days as a student at Cambridge.
"Pot Fair Cambridge": pots are laid out on tables for sale. A fat divine stumbles backward as dogs fight in the foreground. A seller at right is alarmed as he threatens to fall onto her table.
"The College Gate": Three men ride off in different directions after coming through a gate with square brick pillars surmounted by stone vases. Behind the left rider walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap. Through the gateway we are shown a short fat man in a clerical wig standing on a mounting block as a groom approaches with his horse.
"Pot Fair Cambridge": pots are laid out on tables for sale. A fat divine stumbles backward as dogs fight in the foreground. A seller at right is alarmed as he threatens to fall onto her table.
"The College Gate": Three men ride off in different directions after coming through a gate with square brick pillars surmounted by stone vases. Behind the left rider walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap. Through the gateway we are shown a short fat man in a clerical wig standing on a mounting block as a groom approaches with his horse.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pot Fair Cambridge, and, The College Gate
- Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Artist: Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland)
- Date: 1780–90
- Medium: Etching, printed in brown ink
- Dimensions: Image: 6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16 × 24.2 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 × 9 5/8 in. (17.2 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 19 5/16 × 13 7/8 in. (49 × 35.3 cm)
Plate: 13 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (35 × 25 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.1861
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Multiple artists/makers
January 1794
Thomas Rowlandson
late 18th–early 19th century
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