[The death of Count de Peltzer, mortally wounded by some Austrian foragers on the eve of his marriage] [graphic].

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Title: [The death of Count de Peltzer, mortally wounded by some Austrian foragers on the eve of his marriage] [graphic].
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 March 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: James Bretherton
Abstract: "Figures grouped around the body of the Count on a bed, his face obscured by the canopy, his lover kneeling over him and holding his hand, a man seen from the back kneeling in prayer before the bed and a small boy carrying a bowl and towel at the end, in the foreground at left a guard stands sentry; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title, artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state.
State before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, imprint, and dedication etched below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2993.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 133 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored; sheet 45.1 x 55.8 cm
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48.8 x 57.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: No linguistic content

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 59. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 133. Bunbury album.
Collection/Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector. Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
Collection Date: [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792] [London], [between 1780 and 1794]

Genre: Etchings England London 1788
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper gray wash and touches of color.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Deathbeds
Canopy beds
Wounds & injuries
Prayer
Guards
Subjects: Deathbeds
Canopy beds
Wounds & injuries
Prayer
Guards
England > London > 1788
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership