A Bit of Blood, by Bunbury, 1808.

"A Bit of Blood" (refers to degenerate English horses, with so little flesh they may as well be termed 'a bit of blood') etched by W.Dickinson after a picture by H.W.Bunbury and published in Gambado's Annals of Horsemanship, London, 1808. Copper plate etching with old, slightly crude, hand colouring. Plate mark and good margins. Size 20 x 23 cms to plate mark. Ref D9184