Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1780]
Call Number:
Bunbury 780.03.01.01+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 17. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two women playing chess, seated at opposite sides of a square table, a young man standing behind watching as the player at left makes her move, all three dressed in turbans, three dogs in the foreground, pillars with drapes behind; oval design after Bunbury, published state with wall at left and large dog added."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st March 1780 by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Title from item., Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with price burnished out., A key to persons and objects numbered within the image provided in two columns on each side of the title., Printmaker's announcement following imprint: Note. A. Benoist teaches drawing abroad., and Watermark. 2nd sheet trimmed on left edge to plate mark.
Publisher:
Invevented [sic] & engrav'd by A. Benoist at his lodgings at Mr. Jordan's, a grocer [the] north east corner of Compton Street So-ho, and sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
Title from item., Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with price burnished out., A key to persons and objects numbered within the image provided in two columns on each side of the title., Printmaker's announcement following imprint: Note. A. Benoist teaches drawing abroad., and Watermark. 2nd sheet trimmed on left edge to plate mark.
Publisher:
Invevented [sic] & engrav'd by A. Benoist at his lodgings at Mr. Jordan's, a grocer [the] north east corner of Compton Street So-ho, and sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
"Eight scenes arranged in two rows. An elderly man riding Pegasus pursues Fame, who beckons to him; he despairs of overtaking her, even "if my Pegasus was as fleet as the wind". Two cronies concur in "hunting the bottle". An old military officer pursues a pretty young woman. Two bailiff's men with bludgeons pursue a debtor. A solitary man has been fruitlessly "hunting after money the whole day". A young and handsome fortune-hunter kneels to an elderly harridan. A hunter after company invites himself to crack a bottle with another man. A fat parson, eyes closed, at a table with punch-bowl, glasses, &c, the second chair being empty, says: "My worthy friend the Vicar and myself have just killed old care and I am very happy Doctor, to welcome you in at the death". Perhaps belongs to a set, see BMSat 8541, &c. c.1800"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of seven scenes arranged in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above the figures in the scenes., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Publisher:
Pub. March 8th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
Leaf 53. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A middle-aged lady (caricatured) riding (left to right) preceded by her servant who carries two trunks behind him on his saddle. She wears the riding-habit of the period and a round hat with a feather. She rides with a single rein in her right hand, in her left is a whip. The horses are ambling very slowly, both riders are using their whips. Similar in character to British Museum Satires No. 5266."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "20" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1774 -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Trunks., First of two plates on leaf 53., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Riding habits, Servants, Luggage, and Whips
Leaf 53. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A middle-aged lady (caricatured) riding (left to right) preceded by her servant who carries two trunks behind him on his saddle. She wears the riding-habit of the period and a round hat with a feather. She rides with a single rein in her right hand, in her left is a whip. The horses are ambling very slowly, both riders are using their whips. Similar in character to British Museum Satires No. 5266."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "20" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1774 -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Trunks., and Watermark (partially cut off): Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Riding habits, Servants, Luggage, and Whips
"A wild affray round a circular gaming-table seen at close range, only the heads and shoulders of those on the nearer side of the table being visible. An angry military officer wearing a cocked hat, with an empty wallet on the table before him, leans forward aiming his pistol at a lean and elderly man whose 'chapeau bras' and long pigtail indicate that he is French. The latter covers a pile of guineas with his hand and aims a pistol at his assailant. Some of the players are falling over in their eagerness to escape. Between the combatants, and on the further side of the table, one man holds a chair above his head, about to smite the officer; a fellow-officer raises a bottle and a candle-stick to strike the Frenchman. All the persons (sixteen) are in violent action, with which their expressions correspond. Some are in flight, others about to intervene. On the table are a triple candle-stick, a dice-box and dice, a sword, a hat containing coins, and a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker's signature from impression in British Museum., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and printmaker's signature has been mostly erased., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1790 by Wm. Holland, Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Fighting, Gambling, Handguns, Men, French, Military uniforms, and British
Title from item., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Earlier state, without series numbers, of no. 5263 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Naval officers -- Telescopes -- Walking staves -- Ships: deck -- Weapons: cannons -- Isle of Wight., and Watermark (partially cut off): Strasburg lily.
Title from item., Plate numbered '2' in upper right corner., Publication date of the state published by Smith and Sayer. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, no. 4603., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: street vendor -- Food: vegetables -- Domestic service: lady's maid -- Containers: large basket., and Watermark: Strasburg lily, mostly trimmed.