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).ProvenanceBefore 1979, Philip Pinsof (Highland Park, IL); 1979-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
