Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[2 July 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 81. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very voluminous skirts, but a sailor's trousers are indicated through the petticoat. At this figure a dog (right) is barking. He walks behind, and in pursuit of, a young woman."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
Description:
Title from text below image., Text within etched banner in top part of image: Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing., Sam Sharp-Eye is the pseudonym of an undetermined artist; questionable attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on page 81 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 23.9 x 19.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 111. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a prosperous City of London merchant: a portly man, grinning happily, beside the entrance to a suburban pleasure garden called "The New Paradise" to which "No Gentlemen or Ladies to be admitted with Nails in their Shoes. Recreation & Refreshment at 6d. pr. Head"; he wears an embroidered waistcoat and carries a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Tea gardens: 'The New Paradise,' Fish-Street., Mounted on page 111 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.5 x 17.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 29, 1772, by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street No. 134
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 December 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 111. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a young man from the City of London: a young man facing forward and looking to left with his tongue protruding; wearing a wig and sword, his hands in his pockets."--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: Macaronies, 1772 -- Hats: Cocked hat -- Houndsditch., and Mounted on page 111 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 20th December 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Young adults
Volume 2, after page 270. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in riding dress stands on the right, bending forward to take the hand of a young woman on the left, who leans away from him. He wears spurred top-boots and holds a whip in his left hand; a long queue protrudes from under his hat. The woman has a tall coiffure and holds a fan in her right hand. Two bollards line the walkway they stand upon; the exterior wall of a building is seen behind the pair
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; date at end of publisher's statement has been erased from sheet. Date of publication supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 22 x 14 cm., and Bound in after page 270 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"A group of three half length figures. Two ladies of meretricious appearance seated at a tea-table, a man with a large Macaroni club of hair is handing one of them a cup of tea. One holds a fan and looks coyly towards the man, the other leans over her shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Tea, Tea services, and Fans (Accessories)
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 109. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A standing man facing left with wig and sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint James's macaroni
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Mounted on page 109 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.7 x 17.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 29, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 December 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 109. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on social aspiration: a plump young man standing facing to right wearing a wig with a long queue, flowers on his left breast and carrying a cane with a tassel; he appears to be saluting someone by removing his hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies, 1772 -- Nosegays -- Canes -- Male costume: Shoes with buckles., and Mounted on page 109 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 6th December 1772, by J. Bretherton, No.134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Corsages, Staffs (Sticks), and Daggers & swords
Opposite page 212. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on lecherous elderly men: a serving maid recoils as an elderly macaroni, sitting at a table with a glass, puts his arm round her waist and offers her a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse in two columns beneath title: Macaroni endeavours the maid to seduce, With gold and such prate as with fops is in use. In vain is his courtship; the maiden stil coy, Rejects the vile letcher, and all his false joy., Folded to 32 x 25.8 cm., and Bound in opposite page 212 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:
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Older people, Courtship, Lust, Drinking vessels, and Purses
Volume 2, opposite page 284. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman shown full-length, facing left, with a basket of oranges hanging from her left elbow
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "No. 19"--Upper left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 37 x 28 cm., and Bound in opposite page 284 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Aug. 12, 1772, by Picot & Co. in St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Peddlers, Baskets, and Oranges