Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker / Language: French / Subject (Topic): Hangings (Executions)

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Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [13 February 1773]
Call Number:: Bunbury 773.02.13.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on an English post courier (as opposed to a French courier, see British Museum Satires No. 4737): a man on horseback, blowing a horn, with an enormous sack at his back; he rides along a country road towards the right where a gibbet stands with two hanging bodies."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:: Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Early state. For later states with altered imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., and Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, 13th Feby. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):: Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 May 1774]
Call Number:: Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., For variant states with different imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 773.02.13.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns., and 1 print on laid paper : soft-ground etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.3 x 43 cm, on sheet 36 x 55 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):: Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 May 1774]
Call Number:: Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., For variant states with different imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 773.02.13.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., and Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):: Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]