Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1786]
Call Number:
Bunbury 786.03.03.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group in a garden room listening to a girl read, seated in the centre with the book in her lap, two woman sitting on either side of her, one patting a dog at right, the other with solemn expression, which has been noticed by a man standing against the wall at right, gesturing towards her, another standing directly behind her looks on with concern, a child sitting on the floor beside a large sleeping dog, his eyes raised up; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
Description:
Title, printmaker, artist, and publication information from lettered state., Proof before letters. For a later state published 3 March 1786, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1940,1109.105., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
James Bretherton
Subject (Topic):
Children, Clothing & dress, Courtship, Dogs, and Reading
Title devised by curator. and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Pediatrics, Children, Diseases, Parent and infant, and Child care
Volume 1, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist attribution based on an impression of the print being included in Horace Walpole's bound collection of works by and after Henry William Bunbury., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 15 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
At center a portrait of an Indian Groom, flanked by three British Children with Ponies and two dogs set in a landscape, possibly Calcutta or Patna
Alternative Title:
Triple portrait of three children and their ponies and Three children with ponies, groom and dogs
Description:
Title devised by curator., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Triple portrait of three children and their ponies, Dated in Christie's appraisal: Circa 1840., and Unidentified artist, Anglo-Indian School. Formerly attributed to Chinnery.
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's nationality., Trimmed within platemark with loss of imprint., In image lower right: 3., From: The Five Senses., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Toilet facilities., and Stamp verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Smell, Odors, Child care, Hygiene, Families, Children, Chamber pots, and Diapers
A drawing of six heads mostly in profile, three men, two ladies, and one child, all wearing hats. One lady in the upper right is a view from the back with only a hit of her check shown while the man in the foreground is shown full-face. A drawing in the lower left has been heavily scored through. From the left margin mid-sheet is a drawing of a sleeved-wrist and hand hold a stick(?).
Alternative Title:
Miscellaneous heads
Description:
Title from dealer's description; alternative title from Draper Hill., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date from Draper Hill., and A drawing from a sketchbook given by Gillray to the Rev. John Sneyd in the late 1790s.
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production from Annie Burr Lewis's note that was pasted to the back of former frame: This is a French 18th century "pin prick" picture., and Temporary local subject terms: Pin prick (pouncing) -- Women in literature and art.