Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 March 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.03.29.03 Impression 2
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., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G.R. below., and Imperfect; second digit of number "29" (day of publication) in imprint has been erased from sheet.
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:
[29 March 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.03.29.03 Impression 1
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., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 16.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of artist's signature.
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:
[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
"The answer. An hieroglyphic epistle from a modern fine (lady) to a macaroni DescriptionHieroglyphic letter. An answer to BMSat 5079. The same etched figures, reversed, ornament the title.D(ear) delec(table) S(eye)r (Ewer) (letter) (eye) (saw) And the (heart) of a Rock (ewer) mis(Fortune)s wou'd thaw (Eye) Pitied (ass) soon (ass) your (lines) met my (eyes) And (Yew) may at (pea)resent w(eye)th me Sym(pea)athize For (eye) in a (tree)aty of Marr(eye)age of Late Had come (toe) Conclus(eye)on with Lord Awkward (Gate) The L(eye)cence (pea)rocur'd and the Marr(eye)age gone thro (Toe) re(pear) (toe) h(eye)s (house) w(ass) the next th(eye)ng (toe) do (Butt) my (head) w(ass) so h(eye)gh and his door w(ass) so low T(hat) in(toe) the (house) I was (knot) a(bell) (toe) go My Lord (eye)n a (pea)et h(eye)s Instr(yew)ct(eye)ons X(pea)rest T(hat) my (head) (shoe)ld in f(yew)t(yew)re (bee) otherw(eye)se Drest (Butt) before (eye) wo(yew)ld my (pie)ramid Lower (Eye)d lose (coach) and 6 and hus(band) and Dower For (eye)ll tell (Eve)ry Mod(urn) drest (Maid)en or w(eye)fe The h(eye)gher her (head) the (grate)er (eye)n l(eye)fe T(hen) (ladies) (toe) Sh(eye)ne (yew) Must learn (toe) (bee) Vain Of the Mount on (ewer) (head) and the length of (ewer) Train S(eye)nce Equal Mis(Fortune)s on (bee)oth have at(10)ded Our (4)ces let's Jo(eye)n (ass) our Troubles are (bee)lended (Eye) am (grate)ly Agreea(bell) Sr (ewer)s Awkward (Gate)"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from first line of text., Publication date based on partnership of publishers. Partnership of Robert Laurie and James Whittle formed in 1799. See Maxted, I. London book trades., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved rhymed letter in the form of rebus. The following words within title are represented by a rebus: "lady" by an image of a woman dressed in macaroni fashion, "gentleman" by an image of a man dressed in macaroni fashion., Restrike, by a different publisher. Cf. No. 5080 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Watermark: Horn with monogram JM below., and Publication date partially erased from this impression and the last two digits, i.e., '70,' supplied in contemporary manuscript.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 17[...], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street
Leaf 29. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A tiny figure of a man balanced on the two outstretched hands of a giant lady."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One line from a popular contemporary song etched below title: Say little, foolish, fluttering thing, &c., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Female dress, 1772 -- Toys: Dolls -- Actresses., Second of two plates on leaf 29., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. as the act directs Novr. 7, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815 and Catley, Ann, 1745-1789
Leaf 29. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A tiny figure of a man balanced on the two outstretched hands of a giant lady."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One line from a popular contemporary song etched below title: Say little, foolish, fluttering thing, &c., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Female dress, 1772 -- Toys: Dolls -- Actresses., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Publishd. as the act directs Novr. 7, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815 and Catley, Ann, 1745-1789
Two dandies (or bucks)-- one thin and one stout--shake hands as they greet each other in a field. They wear high-crowned hats of the period and tight breeches; they both have clubs stuffed in their pockets. The man on the left holds a monocle (quizzing glass) to his eye to inspect the othe rman
Description:
Title etched above image., Artist identified from signed drawing in the Huntington Library., See earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue: "Publish'd 21 Novr. 1791. by Robt. Sayer & Co. Fleet Street London.", Other plates in this series, numbers 78, 85, and 85, also published 12 May 1794. Laurie and Whittle purchased the plates from Robert Sayer in the spring of 1794., From the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series. Numbered '72' in lower left of plate., Caption below image: Ha! Jack is it you, how are you dam-me., Lewis Walpole Library: Year from date of imprint erased and replace with a manuscript '1' in black ink., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., For a description of the original drawing on which this print is based see: Isaac Cruikshank's drawings for Drolls. San Marino, Calif., The Huntington Library, 1968, no. 23., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 179[4?] by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Monocles, and Nightsticks
Leaf 64. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A nobleman (the Earl of Ancrum) with his hair tied in a long tail, with boots and holding a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4687 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "23" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Long queue wig -- 'Nivernois' hat with ribands and cockade -- Sabres: Tasselled sabres -- Belts: Sword belt., Second of three plates on leaf 64., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.6 x 10.8 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act of Parlt. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 64. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A nobleman (the Earl of Ancrum) with his hair tied in a long tail, with boots and holding a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4687 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "23" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Long queue wig -- 'Nivernois' hat with ribands and cockade -- Sabres: Tasselled sabres -- Belts: Sword belt., and Partial watermark: L.V.G.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act of Parlt. by MDarly, 39 Strand