Cloth Fragment

Title:

A Visit to the Camp

Object Name:

Cloth Fragment

Object ID:

1967.538

Creator:

Bunbury, Henry WilliamArtist; Watson, Thomas (1743-1781)Engraver; Dickinson, William (1746-1823)Engraver

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1781-1785

Description:

Textile fragment. Copper-plate printed with 33.5" pattern repeat in sepia on white plain-woven cotton. Vertical rectangle. Scenes copied from original drawings, "A Visit to the Camp," 1779, and "Hints to Bad Horsemen," 1781, by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), engravings by William Dickinson (1746-1823) and Thomas Watson (1743-1781). Three repeating printed horizontal scenes depict British army camps. 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. 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. 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 letters "AI" in the peak, surrounded by trees. Panel hemmed 0.25" and hand stitched across top and bottom; vertical creases from hems and remnants of threads on right and left sides of panel. For identical patterns see 1944.004.03 (red) and 1993.009.01 (sepia).

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-21.5 L-56 inches

Provenance:

Found in collection.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. George P. Morgan

People:

Bunbury, Henry William, Watson, Thomas (1743-1781), Dickinson, William (1746-1823)

Subjects:

Caricatures, Military life, Textiles plate printed, Horses, Toile, Furnitures, Interior decoration, Cotton, Tents, Palm trees, Military camps