A coffin is carried down the stairs of a gothic church by a procession of monks, lit by the light of the full moon and the flames of the torches that some of the monks carry. They walk toward an open crypt in the foreground. The light from the crypt illuminates the monument on the wall opposite (a knight in armor) as well as two monks kneeling at the opening of the crypt and a third monk holding a thurible. A man with a red cloak stands in the shadows on the left, looking down at the scene at the crypt. The image is intended to be backlit. The light sources in the image -- the moon, the glow shining out of the gothic crypt, and the torch-bearing friars -- are enhanced when the image is held up to a light
Description:
Title and approximate date of production from dealer's description., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Drawn in the style of the painter and etcher Franz Joseph Manskirch (1768-1840), who worked in London between 1793 and 1819., and On paper watermarked "J. Whatman Turkey Mill".
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Funeral processions, Incense, Monks, Moonlight, Pointed arches, and Torches
"A girl dressed in male clothing, starting with a startled expression and thrusting her right arm forward as she stands between two monks, others seen from behind exiting through a door ..., another ringing a bell through an arch at [left], the choir beyond; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Artist from statement of responsibility on later state: H. Bunbury Esqr. delint., Printmaker identified as Dickinson in the British Museum online catalogue., Proof before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, verses, and imprint "London, Publish'd Octr. 20th, 1782, by W. Dickinson ..." below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1893,0731.62., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 123 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
W. Dickinson
Subject (Name):
Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Abbeys, Monks, Doors & doorways, and Bells
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 March 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 61. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 131. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three soldiers capturing a young man, his kneeling lover clutching his arm, the scene watched by two monks standing in the left foreground, one shaking his fist in encouragement, and another soldier at right; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frederick Zemmerman, having escaped from the Abbey of La Trappe ...
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state., State before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, imprint, and dedication etched below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2934., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 131 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 45.8 x 55.8 cm.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1774]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 51. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two monks, one on the left with his hands tucked inside his sleeves at his waist, turned towards the viewer, the other in profile to right, holding a rosary at his side; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Mr. Bunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f., State before letters. For a lettered state bearing artist and printmaker names and the publication line "Publish'd 1st April 1774", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0511.822., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 51 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : soft-ground etching on laid paper ; plate mark 29.5 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 37.3 x 31.1 cm.