The slumbers of Ragotin interrupted [graphic]Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmakerpublish'd May 29th, 1773.eng"An illustration to Scarron's 'Roman Comique' (1651), Book II, ch. xx. The scene is the room of an inn. Ragotin, almost bald, sits in an upright chair wearing a long sword and jack boots; his legs do not reach the ground. The ram (left), on its hind-legs, is about to butt him. The encounter is watched by a man who leans on the back of his chair, by another seated behind the ram, and by a third standing between Ragotin and a group of two ladies and a man on the right, one being Inezilla, who had just been reading her novel. Behind this group are the curtains of a bed."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image; letter "n" in "interrupted" is etched backwards.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Scene from Roman comique (1651), Book II, by Paul Scarron, 1610-1660 -- Clowns: Ragotin.