The sound of the horn - or - the danger of riding an old hunter
The sound of the horn - or - the danger of riding an old hunter
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Title:
The sound of the horn - or - the danger of riding an old hunter
Title (alt.):
The sound of the horn! Or, the danger of riding an old hunter
Description:
While crossing a ford the horse of a man with a lady seated behind him rears and snorts and prepares to gallop after the hunt. Huntsmen follow a pack in full cry on the opposite hill (r.). The lady is very fat and wears a light, loose dress with a cloak and a feathered hat. She falls backwards, kicking the man in the back and clutching his hat. He has dropped the reins. His whip flies over his head, his hat falls off, and he is about to fall back onto the falling lady whose bared thigh he gashes with his spur. Frogs in the water look up in astonishment (BM).
Title from item.
Alternative title from Wright/Evans.
BM Satires 10803; Wright/Evans 550
Notes (date):
Date from Wright/Evans.
Reproduction. Date indicated is Gillray's original publication date.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
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