How to make the Mare to Go

Henry William Bunbury

How to make the Mare to Go

London, W. Dickinson, March 25^th. 1791

Etching with stipple engraving.

250 x 210 mm

£150

A wry and gentle series of caricatures on the hazards of horse riding. Annals of Horsemanship

As a gentleman amateur, Bunbury (1750-1811), took up caricature as a source of amusement rather than income.

A rider is attempting to get his horse to move faster. In doing so, he has lost his hat and wig, seen flying off behind him