"Symptoms of deep-thinking.", James Gillray, 1800

Sir charles bunbury, a stout, elderly, plainly dressed man, walks in profile to the left, staring with fierce concentration, one hand on his heart, the other deep in his breeches pocket. He steps on a loose flag-stone from which a fountain of mud splashes over his stockings. The background is a stone wall; down it runs a pipe from which a muddy stream gushes on to the pavement. A sign-post points 'to sthephens chaple'. After the title: ' - "sinking from thought to thought, a vast profund". ' 25 march 1800 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1800. Dimensions: Height: 257 mm; Width: 203 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet. Collection: British Museum. "Symptoms of deep-thinking." (BM 1853,0112.1803)