A scene in Paris on the Boulevard des Italiens outside a coffee house (or French café) in which fashionable ladies (several wearing large hoop earrings) and gentlemen sit in ladderback chairs or stand about in conversation. One man looks through his quizzing glass at the scene. One woman sits with her two children and a dog. On the left a coachman looks done from his box
Description:
Title and date from contemporary manuscript annotations on a separate piece of paper pasted below the image., Sheet trimmed within plate., Watermark., and Mounted to 33 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Carriages & coaches, Children, Clothing & dress, Dogs, and Quizzing glasses
Volume 2, page 72. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting on a stool outside of a cottage, playfully holding a bunch of grapes aloft which a young boy at left reaches towards, a dog leaning against her knee and a girl seen from the back stands behind; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Alternative Title:
In-house title: Woman with grapes teasing boy
Description:
Title from description of variant state in the British Museum online catalogue., State with printmaker's name spelled "Shepherd" in signature. For a variant state with the correct spelling "Shepheard", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2973., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Companion print to: Going to market., and Mounted on page 72 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1st, 1790, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street
"A woman sitting on a stool outside of a cottage, playfully holding a bunch of grapes aloft which a young boy at left reaches towards, a dog leaning against her knee and a girl seen from the back stands behind; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
In-house title: Woman with grapes teasing boy
Description:
Title from description in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2973., State with spelling of printmaker's name corrected. For an earlier state with printmaker's name misspelled "Shepherd" in statement of responsibility, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Going to market., and Mounted on page 15 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1st, 1790, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street