A young woman reclining on a sofa looks adoringly at a young man who, kneeling with one knee on the sofa in front of her, draws the horns of a cuckold on the portrait of a stout, older man above them. On either side of the portrait are two ornate, oval mirrors. The picture on the wall amplifies subject of the print
Description:
Title engraved below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.3 8., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Buck and blood flourishing macaroni Ld [...]-----* playing a solo on the jelly glasses
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '10' in upper right of plate., Tenth plate in the series: Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr. Series title appears only on the first plate., The final "s" in "glasses" is reversed., Another state, with alterations in title, of No. 5121 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Flowers: nosegay -- Wigs: club wig -- Glasses: jelly glasses -- Medical equipment: wooden leg., Watermark: countermark I V., and Letter before ----* in title erased from this impression.
" A grave-digger (l.) resting on his spade holds out in his left hand a decayed skull towards a skeleton-like man wearing an old-fashioned tie-wig, who is sitting on a rectangular tomb while he leans his right. elbow on another tomb at right angles to his seat. This man holds a scythe in his left hand, a pen in his right. He uses the second tomb as a writing table; an ink-pot stands upon it. His hand rests on two papers inscribed "Marcus Aurelius Servius Tullius . . ." and "Addison - Dr. Swift". From the jaws of the skull held by the grave-digger issue the words,"Life is a jest & all things shew it I thought so once but now I know it." In the foreground are bones and a skull; in the background (l.) a rat scampers away."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '11' in upper right of plate., Evidently a caricature of Lord Lyttelton (1709-73), author of 'Dialogues of the Dead'. He was noted for his thin, lanky figure and awkward bearing, see 'The Motion', British Museum satire no. 2479. He died in August 1773., Eleventh plate in the series Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr. Series title appears only on the first of twelve plates., Another state, with altered title, of no. 5122 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Quotation from My Own Epitaph by John Gay (1685-1732)., Watermark., and Letters preceding and following dashes in title erased from this impression.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.03.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Obadiah (left) mounted on the coach-horse at full gallop attempts to pull up his horse, leaning back in the saddle, his cap in his right hand. On the ground is Dr. Slop's pony. Behind the pony on the right. Dr. Slop lies on his back; a spotted dog prances over him. The doctor lies under a sign-post terminating in a hand pointing "To Shandy Hall". Behind the coach-horse, which is wearing blinkers, is the angle of a high garden wall, in the distance (right) is a church spire among trees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Overthrow of Doctor Slop
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 3 February 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. No. 5215 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Four lines of text below image, two on either side of title: "When Obadiah & his coach horse turn'd the corner rapid, furious, pop, full upon him ..." Vide vol. 1st, Tristram Shandy., One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d February 1799, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Horseback riding, Accidents, Dogs, and Traffic signs & signals
Old Gripus plunder'd by his young wife and Old Gripus plundered by his young wife
Description:
Title from item., Four lines of verse below title: How hard is the conflict, yet claims ridicule, when doting and av'rice possess an old fool! ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Money: bag of gold -- Boxes: strong-boxes -- Misers -- Female dress, 1773.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill. Published according to the act
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[26 January 1773]
Call Number:
Bunbury 773.01.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Uncle Toby (right) marches from right to left, a crutch under his left arm, pointing with his right crutch towards the fortifications (left) built on the bowling green, where the 'Gate of St Nicolas' is flanked on each side by a jack-boot. In his left hand he holds the 'London Gazette'. Trim, holding up a pickaxe, marches in front of his master. He has a long pig-tail, and a pad is tied over his left knee. On the ground behind is a grenadier's cap. Behind Uncle Toby is the sentry-box, in it is pasted up the plan of a fortification. The background is a rough paling behind which are trees. Shandy Hall appears behind the Gate of St. Nicolas. Beneath the design is engraved, "What an honest triumph in my Uncle Toby's Eyes as he march'd to the Ramparts with the Gazette in his hand & Trim with a pickaxe ready to execute the Contents; what intense pleasure in his Eyes as he stood over the Corporal! Heaven! Earth! Sea!"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal Trim
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Text below title: Tris. Shan., One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., and Watermark: VI.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 26 Jany. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 23, 1799.
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.07+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Uncle Toby (right) marches from right to left, a crutch under his left arm, pointing with his right crutch towards the fortifications (left) built on the bowling green, where the 'Gate of St Nicolas' is flanked on each side by a jack-boot. In his left hand he holds the 'London Gazette'. Trim, holding up a pickaxe, marches in front of his master. He has a long pig-tail, and a pad is tied over his left knee. On the ground behind is a grenadier's cap. Behind Uncle Toby is the sentry-box, in it is pasted up the plan of a fortification. The background is a rough paling behind which are trees. Shandy Hall appears behind the Gate of St. Nicolas. Beneath the design is engraved, "What an honest triumph in my Uncle Toby's Eyes as he march'd to the Ramparts with the Gazette in his hand & Trim with a pickaxe ready to execute the Contents; what intense pleasure in his Eyes as he stood over the Corporal! Heaven! Earth! Sea!"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal Trim
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 26 January 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. no. 5213 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Text below title: Tris. Shan., One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd May 29th, 1773.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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 catalogue
Description:
Title 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., Mounted on page 75 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 22.5 x 33.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd May 29th, 1773.
Call Number:
Bunbury 773.05.29.03+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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 catalogue
Description:
Title 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., and Watermark, trimmed.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd May 29th, 1773. and [printed ca. 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 793.05.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image; letter "n" in "interrupted" etched backwards., Statements of responsibility from impression in the British Museum., Later printing. Date of publication based on watermark., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: statements of responsibility erased from sheet, and year of publication in imprint changed in ms. from "1773" to "1793.", Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Scene from Roman comique (1651), Book II, by Paul Scarron, 1610-1660 -- Clowns: Ragotin -- Male costume -- Swords -- Dogs., and Watermark: Russel & Edmeads 1799.