A cavalcade of ladies and gentlemen on horseback riding close together, the legs of the horses being cut off by the lower margin of the print. Beneath the title is etched:
'the world - and all the great "which it inherit" - was there - equestrian motion, universal - we saw all - mark'd all! - the duelist with one curl, & the fraternal, one degree higher, down to the intelligencers of the low-pnnts (who cast their eyes around, that witness'd huge affliction & dismay); all was splendid - who (& what dignity but contained in that monosyllable?) not present? - becky - was there!! - attraction spontaneous! - old quiz, cast a single glance! - "o the days when i was young! - one pang arose! - we view'd the field - captivating - beautiful - most beautiful! - but - bunbury - where was harry bunbury? - we return'd - as (craving appetites of cheapside satisfied) cent. Pr cent. Citz: - mans-mercers & womens-mercers, were arriving, to inhale the clouded air - heat - dust - ibid - ibidem. -"
topham rides (left to right) in the foreground, enormously fat, looking through a quizzing-glass. Next him is a stout lady probably intended for 'becky' (mrs. Wells) though resembling mrs. Fitzherbert; she wears a hat with a floating veil. Queensberry (left) rides behind her, holding up a bunch of reins in his right hand. The other persons mentioned, the duke of york (the duellist, see bmsat7531, &c. ) and the prince, are not depicted, unless a very stiff and erect officer (right) is intended for the duke. The shoulders of the ultra-fashionable topham are sprinkled with powder, cf. Bmsat 8190. [cf. T. Nicholls, 'the new insect': twas i, to pleasure all beholders, first greas'd, and powder'd all the shoulders. 'public advertiser', 9 oct. 1789. ] 1 june 1789
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1789. Dimensions: Height: 247 mm; Width: 350 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Henry William Bunbury. Collection: British Museum. Hyde-Park;-Sunday,-or-both hemispheres of the world in a sweat; (BM 1851,0901.462)
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