Pot Fair Cambridge, and, The College Gate 1780–90 Thomas Rowlandson 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
Pot Fair Cambridge, and, The College Gate 1780–90 Thomas Rowlandson 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 Pot Fair Cambridge, and, The College Gate. Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland). 1780–90. Etching, printed in brown ink. Prints
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