Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on betting on horses: a fat man seated in a chair looks angrily to right, a dog sits beside him."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feb. 14, 1799, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
"A drinking scene; a drunken man carousing with two women, raising a glass into which Death, a crowned skeleton standing behind him, pours a liquid from a small bottle, a great quantity of steam or smoke rising off; one of the women lies asleep on the...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Alcoholism, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Poisons, Skeletons, Birdcages, Birds, Dogs, Loss of consciousness, Eating & drinking, and Barrels
Bell, Edward, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
796.00.00.63++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two fashionable young women sit in a room with green walls and an elaborate carpet, both looking away, lost in thought. Each woman is careful not to catch the eye of the other. On the tables next to each woman are a single rose and, on the opposite si...
Alternative Title:
Rival friends
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 1796, by J. Grozer, No. 8 Castle Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Topic):
Women, Interiors, Floor coverings, Dogs, and Competition (Psychology)
