An episode in Tristram Shandy: Obadiah, riding a coach horse, knocks Dr. Slop off his pony, a sign points to Shandy Hall. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

  • Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
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22029i
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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 24.6 x 34.6 cm

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The overthrow of Dr. Slop. ... ; H. Bunbury Esq del. Lettering continues: "When Obadiah & his coach horse turn'd the corner rapid, furious, pop, full upon him - nothing I think in nature can be supposed more terrible than such a recounter - Obadiah pull'd of his cap twice to Dr Slop, once when he was falling & again when he saw him seated. - Vide vol. 1st Tristram Shandy."

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Wellcome Collection 22029i

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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. V, London 1935, no. 5215

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