Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 January 1773]
Call Number:
Bunbury 773.01.02.02.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire showing three men all with caricatured faces stand in front of two men, one of whom is obese and points to them, sit at a table. Behind them pinned to the wall are a map and portrait. Two dogs, one large and black and the other small and white, raise their paws at each other
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Later state, with slight alterations to the design. For an earlier state with less drypoint shading, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 773.01.02.02.1+., Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject., and Watermark: L.V.G.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 2d Jany. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 May 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on volunteers: an officer and another man sit at a table while a soldier presents two potential - but unprepossessing - recruits, the second man shabbily dressed; behind them a large dog menaces a smaller one; on the wall a map and a portrait of a general."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
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 2 January 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. No. 4759 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge leaving thread margin., Watermark: Edmeads & Pine 1795., and Embossed stamp of publisher in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 23 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Two soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. The civilian gentleman have walking sticks tucked under their arms, and one carries a quizzing glass. The short, stout lady wears a large hooded cloak and carries a large umbrella
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "1" in upper left corner., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1779, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Rumsford [Coxheath]. She is followed by her husband who is dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces which were frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group
Description:
Title from text inscribed in contemporary hand on verso., Date based on publication date of James Bretherton's etching after this drawing., The signpost depicted in the drawing reads 'Rumford' while the Bretherton etching changes the text to 'Coxheath', and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, Militias, and Dogs
"Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. Cupid, a hideous boy, holding a bow, is partly concealed by her petticoat. Juno (?), a hideous hag, strides towards them, brandishing a bottle. Minerva (?) in a soldier's coat and grenadier's cap, inscribed "J.R." [?Juno Regina], walks away to the right. looking over her shoulder; one fist is clenched, she carries a bottle and is smoking a pipe. One sheep (left) stands behind Paris who is holding a crook. A basket and his hat are on the ground. In the foreground his dog chases the peacock and the owl. Two doves fly over the head of Venus. Two broadsides are pasted on the cottage wall: one headed "Gods . . ." the other, "Thos the Wood Lous" (?). Mountains are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher's name and month of publication in imprint have been mostly burnished from plate., Text in upper left margin, preceding title: Jun: But to bestow it on that trapes it mads me. Min: Hang him jackanapes., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Venus., Mounted on page 83 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17.9 x 20.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by [...]
Subject (Name):
Cupid (Roman deity), and Juno (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Paris (Legendary character), Minerva, Dwellings, Peasants, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, Bottles, Pipes (Smoking), Sheep, Baskets, Dogs, Peacocks, Owls, and Doves
"Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. Cupid, a hideous boy, holding a bow, is partly concealed by her petticoat. Juno (?), a hideous hag, strides towards them, brandishing a bottle. Minerva (?) in a soldier's coat and grenadier's cap, inscribed "J.R." [?Juno Regina], walks away to the right. looking over her shoulder; one fist is clenched, she carries a bottle and is smoking a pipe. One sheep (left) stands behind Paris who is holding a crook. A basket and his hat are on the ground. In the foreground his dog chases the peacock and the owl. Two doves fly over the head of Venus. Two broadsides are pasted on the cottage wall: one headed "Gods . . ." the other, "Thos the Wood Lous" (?). Mountains are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher's name and month of publication in imprint have been mostly burnished from plate., Text in upper left margin, preceding title: Jun: But to bestow it on that trapes it mads me. Min: Hang him jackanapes., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Venus., and Watermark, trimmed.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by [...]
Subject (Name):
Cupid (Roman deity), and Juno (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Paris (Legendary character), Minerva, Dwellings, Peasants, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, Bottles, Pipes (Smoking), Sheep, Baskets, Dogs, Peacocks, Owls, and Doves
"Mounted yokels, riding right to left, make havoc in a farm-yard. One only wears uniform; he shouts at them from the right, with upraised hand. A man riding a horse with blinkers fires a blunderbuss, shutting his eyes; he damages a pigeon-house and kills pigeons. He is riding up to a well in which a terrified man has sought shelter, clutching the rope and looking over the top. Two other inexpert horsemen use clubs, one a flail, one a pitchfork. A witch-like old woman holding a broom lies on her back; her basket of cocks and hens has been overturned and the birds escape. A bull and a bulldog face each other belligerently. In the background (left) a fierce engagement between farmers, labourers, and horsemen is in progress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Country recruits -- Guns: Blunderbuss -- Flails., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decemr. 18, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military training, Military uniforms, Firearms, Pigeons, Wells, Pitchforks, Farmers, Swine, Poultry, and Dogs