Courier Francois

Color etched caricature by Scratchley (Darly) after Bunbury, numbered 26. 'Satire on a French post courier (as opposed to an English courier): a man on horseback, wielding a driving whip, with a small package at the front of his saddle; he rides speedily along a country road towards a building with the sign "Poste Royale" on the left, having passed a tree with a small devotional shrine' -- British Museum Color etched caricature by Scratchley (Darly) after Bunbury, numbered 26. 'Satire on a French post courier (as opposed to an English courier): a man on horseback, wielding a driving whip, with a small package at the front of his saddle; he rides speedily along a country road towards a building with the sign "Poste Royale" on the left, having passed a tree with a small devotional shrine' -- British Museum Oblong medium folio; plate mark, margins trimmed close; clean. Jamestown, R.I., Jeremy North, 1955 Caption: Pubd. by T. Scratchley accor to act July 1st 1771