"Satire on postillions: a German postilion smoking a pipe, wearing a coat with a double-headed eagle on the sleeve and a horn hung from a cord at his side, holding a whip; he stands beside steps leading to the door of a building with a dog at his side."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., and Watermark, trimmed: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Postillions, German, Pipes (Smoking), Whips, and Dogs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 113. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the French, evidently inspired by British Museum Satires No. 4668: a grinning man with a long queue smoking a pipe stands wearing wooden shoes holding out a pair of shears; under his left arm is a struggling dog and two more dogs are tied to a post on which is a sign reading, "Qua[i] Ch[...]" beside a stool; a view, presumably intended for Paris, behind."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Early (proof?) state of the plate, before day of publication added to imprint and before drypoint shading added to image. For a later state, see no. 4669 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Paris: Church of the Sorbonne, dome -- Quais: Paris, In La Cité -- Dog barbers -- Dog barber instruments., and Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, March 1772, by J. Bretheron, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Animal grooming, Scissors & shears, Dogs, and Pipes (Smoking)
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 113. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the French, evidently inspired by British Museum Satires No. 4668: a grinning man with a long queue smoking a pipe stands wearing wooden shoes holding out a pair of shears; under his left arm is a struggling dog and two more dogs are tied to a post on which is a sign reading, "Qua[i] Ch[...]" beside a stool; a view, presumably intended for Paris, behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Paris: Church of the Sorbonne, dome -- Quais: Paris, In La Cité -- Dog barbers -- Dog barber instruments., and Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 29th March 1772, by J. Bretheron, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Animal grooming, Scissors & shears, Dogs, and Pipes (Smoking)