Courier anglois [graphic]

Description

Title: Courier anglois [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [3 May 1774]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
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.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 30.3 x 42.9 cm, on sheet 33 x 45 cm
Language: French

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Soft-ground etchings England London 1774
Material: soft-ground etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Horseback riding
Bags
Delivering
Horns (Communication devices)
Hangings (Executions)
Gallows
Subjects: Horseback riding
Bags
Delivering
Horns (Communication devices)
Hangings (Executions)
Gallows
England > 1774
England > London > 1774

Access: Public
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