Cloth Fragment

Title:

A Visit to the Camp

Object Name:

Cloth Fragment

Object ID:

1993.009.01

Creator:

Bunbury, Henry William; Dickinson, William -- Engraver; Watson, Thomas -- Engraver

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1781-1790

Description:

Cloth fragment. "A Visit to the Camp", after drawings by Henry Bunbury (1750-1811) engraving by William Dickinson (1746-1823) and Thomas Watson (1743-1781). Plain-woven cotton, copperplate printed, brown ink. Vertical rectangle. Three repeating printed horizontal scenes depict British army camps. The first scene shows a woman and soldier in front of tents, the British flag on a pole, palm trees and plants, a galloping horseman, and a sentry on guard with drums in front of a tent and fortification. "ROYAL / ARTILLERY. / G.III./ R" printed on drumhead. The second scene shows a stout man on horseback riding toward a soldier and two gentlemen in a military camp, squirrel on top of a post, "GOOD WINES" sign on a pole, and tents in background. The third scene shows two British gentlemen walking and dog, a cluster of drums, barrels and a flag around a cannon, a rider thrown by a horse, and a fence and cottage with the letters "A.D." in the peak, surrounded by trees. Scenes copied from "A Visit to the Camp," 1779, and "Hints to Bad Horsemen," 1781, by Henry William Bunbury. Two horizontal panels sewn together. Printed paper label on back of frame, "FOSTER BROTHERS, / 4 PARK SQUARE, / BOSTON. / PICTURES AND FRAMES. / Order No. 1680"; label removed and placed in accession file.

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Dimensions:

H-39 L-26 inches

Provenance:

One of two framed copper plate printed textile documents, from Senator Chandler's house in the Waterloo section of Warner, NH. Both images are brown ink on beige cotton, and mounted on gilt frames.
Gift of Margaret J. (Mrs. Carl G.) Gesen of Concord, NH. She received the prints from her mother, Mary R. (Mrs. Charles L.) Jackman of Concord, NH. Donated to NHHS after noticing similar textile on exhibit at NHHS (1944.004).
Mrs. Charles Jackman purchased the prints at auction of the estate of U.S. Senator William E. Chandler (1835-1917) of Concord, NH, c. 1917. Auction held at Chandler's summer estate in Waterloo section of Warner, NH. U.S.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret Jackman Gesen

People:

Bunbury, Henry William, Watson, Thomas (1743-1781), Dickinson, William (1746-1823), Chandler, William E. (1835-1917), Jackman, Mary R. (1872-1955), Gesen, Margaret Jackman (1904-1993)

Subjects:

Caricatures, Military life, Textiles plate printed, Horses, Toile, Furnitures, Interior decoration, Cotton