Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd Jany. 10th, 1774.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 85. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large Italian vetturino rides a small horse which along with a large horse is pulling a heavy chaise. Inside the chaise sits a tired looking man in a night cap
Alternative Title:
Italian vetturino
Description:
Title supplied from British Museum catalogue., Mounted on page 85 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 18.6 x 29.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Volume 1, page 68. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of two men, one on the left turning from his examination of a small object to listen to the other who stands in profile on the right with a tray hanging on a strap in front of him, who gestures as he talks."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Tentatively attributed to Francis Grose in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1925,0511.83., Contemporary note "by Capt. Grose" written in ink at bottom of sheet., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 68 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 December 1780]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 27. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting in a boat, waving as her dog looks longingly towards the right, land and ships on the sea behind; circular design after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from that of a later copy, published 1 November 1792 by W. Dickinson. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.120., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility added in ink below image: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec., Date of publication from imprint statement added in ink in lower left corner: Publishd. 28 Decbr. 1780., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'Sweet William's farewell to black-ey'd Susan'., Mounted on page 27 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; circular image 31.1 cm, on sheet 31.5 x 31.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 January 1783]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 12. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 27. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A country girl sitting outside a thatched cottage, holding a jug in one hand and offering a glass to a soldier, who stands to right, leaning on his gun, wearing a cocked hat and looking curiously at her; in a roundel; unlettered proof."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Girl offering beer to a soldier
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility added in ink below image: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton f., Date of publication from imprint statement added in ink in lower left corner: Publish'd 23d Jany. 1783., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 27 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.6 x 27.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Page 137. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The courtyard of the Royal Exchange, London, with numerous male figures, most wearing hats and carrying canes; the statue of Charles II in the centre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 137 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685, and Royal Exchange (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Merchants' exchanges, Commercial facilities, Courtyards, Colonnades, Sculpture, and Crowds
Title from first line of text, left column of engraved text., All engraved., A memorial to Princess Charlotte of Wales, the overall design being an image of her tomb, including a portrait of the princess and a depiction of her funeral procession directly below. Engraved text within the columns of the tomb provide the details of the procession along with Charlotte's biography. The central body of the tomb includes verse in memory of the tragically deceased princess: Thy hand, mysterious providence! Hath snatched the hope of millions hence. She, she is gone, whom joy and truth, And all the loveliness of youth ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Funeral processions
Half length portrait to the right, in an oval, of a man wearing a long curled wig and a cravat; tentatively identified as Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker attribution and sitter's identity from note in pencil on verso: Lord Townshend, engravd. by Josiah Boydell., Probably a proof state; no lettering present, and lower margin not cleaned., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted to 36 x 28 cm.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 129. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Landscape, with rolling hills dotted with trees in the distance, a cloud-filled sky above. Several houses sit at the base of the hills, in the middle distance at left; a field separates the houses from a river, which curves from the left towards the center foreground, a forest extending from its right bank to the edge of the image. Scraggly shrubs and small trees are seen in the immediate foreground; a stag stands in the lower right corner of the image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of publication supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 129 of: Bunbury album.
"Portrait of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, three-quarter length, standing to right on a hill beside a tree, looking towards the viewer, leaning on a stick held in his left hand, holding a tricorn hat in the right; wearing uniform, sash over waistcoat, sword and queue wig; river below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of similar composition
Description:
Title from manuscript note in ink on mounting sheet., Engraved after a painting by Nathanial Dance; see description of another print of similar composition in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1920,1211.410. For a discussion of various versions of the painting produced by the workshop of Nathanial Dance, see description for NPG 39 in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London., Proof before letters?, Approximate date of publication supplied by cataloger., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 451., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 382 (leaf numbered '197' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774,
Subject (Topic):
Government officials, British, and Military uniforms
Page 83. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date from note in ink below image, on mounting page., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Possibly a book illustration?, Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 83 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lord Mayor's Show
Subject (Topic):
Parades & processions, City & town life, Mayors, and Robes