Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately May 1774]
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.05.03.02+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a French post courier (as opposed to an English courier, see BM Satires 4736): a man on horseback, weilding a driving whip, with a small package at the front of his saddle; he rides speedily along a country road towards a building with the sign "Poste Royale" on the left, having passed a tree with a small devotional shrine."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Date of publication from British Museum online cat., registration no.: J,6.6., Likely companion print to: Courier anglois., 1 print on laid paper : etching with rocker and drypoint, hand-colored ; plate mark 31 x 44 cm, on sheet 36 x 55 cm., and Watermark: R.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Js. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street, as the act directs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1779]
Call Number:
Bunbury 777.00.00.03.3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later state, with the name of the racehorse in the title changed from "Bucephalus" to "Mambrino." Cf. no. 4730 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Date of publication based on curator's comments in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.91., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Watermark: V.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on betting on horses: a fat man seated in a chair looks angrily to right, a dog sits beside him."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Reissue, with imprint statement added, of a print originally published circa 1779. Cf. No. 4731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feb. 14, 1799, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Feby. 1782.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 12. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting English and French styles of dress. A stout middle-aged Englishman wearing a heavy coat and three-cornered hat and carrying a stick, is walking to left in a Parisian street with a small boy in attendance. Passers-by are amused by his lack of elegance: on the left, a hairdresser wearing his hair in a large queue, with scissors at his waist and an apron, carries a parasol and raises his hand in surprise; a fat monk grins; an elegant man driving a cabriolet and his footman dressed in furs smile; a worker wearing loose trousers and wooden shoes folds his arms and stares; two dogs follow the Englishman."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Cabriolet -- Trades: Hairdresser -- Domestic service: Footman -- Frenchmen -- French tailors -- The Grand Tour., Mounted on page 12 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, partly hand-colored ; sheet 32.8 x 41.6 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, France, and Paris.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City & town life, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), and Monks
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Feby. 1782.
Call Number:
Bunbury 782.02.23.01+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 12. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting English and French styles of dress. A stout middle-aged Englishman wearing a heavy coat and three-cornered hat and carrying a stick, is walking to left in a Parisian street with a small boy in attendance. Passers-by are amused by his lack of elegance: on the left, a hairdresser wearing his hair in a large queue, with scissors at his waist and an apron, carries a parasol and raises his hand in surprise; a fat monk grins; an elegant man driving a cabriolet and his footman dressed in furs smile; a worker wearing loose trousers and wooden shoes folds his arms and stares; two dogs follow the Englishman."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Cabriolet -- Trades: Hairdresser -- Domestic service: Footman -- Frenchmen -- French tailors -- The Grand Tour., and Watermark: L.V.G.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, France, and Paris.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City & town life, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), and Monks
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.27.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 23 Feb. 1782. Cf. no. 4185 in v. 4 and see p. 658 in v. 5 of the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Cabriolet -- Trades: Hairdresser -- Domestic service: Footman -- Frenchmen -- French tailors -- The Grand Tour., and Watermark: J. Ruse 1799.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 27th, 1799, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 10th June 1774.
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.06.10.01.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on an unlucky gambler: a man standing facing to left looking dejected with his hands in his breeches pockets and a riding whip under his arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with publication line and additional drypoint shading added. For an earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and at each corner, with loss of design border on upper edge., and Watermark.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.14.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 10 June 1774. Cf. no. 4720 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: 1804.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feb. 14, 1799, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Feby. 1774.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 71. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bench in a kitchen on which are seated, from left to right: the coachman, half asleep; the huge cook seated facing us, arms akimbo; and a rather drowsy black boy. A shelf with pots and pans on it is on the wall to the left. At the extreme right is a grandfather clock. There are two drawings pinned to the wall
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of dialogue etched below title: Coachman: You go." Cook: Hang me if I go." Kingston: Mollsey, Pollsey go.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: High life below stairs -- Amateur theatricals -- Domestic service: Coachman -- Kingston -- Black foot-boy -- Reference to William Ann Holles, earl of Essex, 1732-1799., Mounted on page 71 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.6 x 29.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Coach drivers, Cooks, Servants, Longcase clocks, and Theatrical productions
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Feby. 1774.
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.02.23.01.2+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 71. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bench in a kitchen on which are seated, from left to right: the coachman, half asleep; the huge cook seated facing us, arms akimbo; and a rather drowsy black boy. A shelf with pots and pans on it is on the wall to the left. At the extreme right is a grandfather clock. There are two drawings pinned to the wall
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of dialogue etched below title: Coachman: You go." Cook: Hang me if I go." Kingston: Mollsey, Pollsey go.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: High life below stairs -- Amateur theatricals -- Domestic service: Coachman -- Kingston -- Black foot-boy -- Reference to William Ann Holles, earl of Essex, 1732-1799., and Watermark, trimmed.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Coach drivers, Cooks, Servants, Longcase clocks, and Theatrical productions