Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.03.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her right hand while in her left she holds a candle over the cradle where the swaddled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious fury, her mouth agape. On the left Dr. Slop raises his left fist at her while in his right he holds a cataplasm in a ladle, ready to fling at her. His hat lies at his feet, and his wig is ablaze. Obadiah stands behind him carrying in his hands a chamber pot and a bowl, a medicine bottle tucked under his arm. The two men stand before a screen. The walls of the room are hung with portraits and a mirror; a grandfather's clock showing the time as 6:15 stands against the wall behind the cradle and Susannah. Two medicine bottles sit on a table partially hidden behind the screen. In the foreground lies an over-turned chair
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 3 February 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. No. 5216 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., On either side of title, a quote from a scene in Vol. 4 of Tristram Shandy: Susannah rowing one way & looking another, set fire to Dr. Slop's wig, which being somewhat bushy & unctuous withal was as soon burnt as kindled ..., and J. Ruse 1799.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d February 1799, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, and Servants
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 23, 1799.
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dr. Slop, short and fat, seated in an arm-chair (centre) holding in his left hand the book containing the form of excommunication, points with his right at Obadiah who is disappearing (left), one leg and his back alone being visible. A handkerchief hangs over the doctor's cut right thumb. Behind him on the left stands Mr. Shandy, in dressing-gown and night-cap, smoking a long pipe, he is frowning and holds out his left hand in protest at the doctor's curses. Uncle Toby, his crutch under his left arm, stands on the right. pointing with his left hand at a map of Flanders which hangs on the wall over Dr. Slop's head. He turns to speak to Corporal Trim, who stands (right) at attention in profile to the left holding a long broom."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 30 Jan. 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. no. 5214 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Text below title: Vide Tris. Shandy, vol. 2d., Four lines of prose below image, two on either side of title: "May all the angels & archangels, principalities and powers, & all the heavenly armies curse & damn him ...", One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., Temporary local subject terms: Maps: Flanders -- Male costume: Dressing gown and night cap -- Man-servant -- Male headdress: Pig-tail -- Furniture: Ladder-back chairs -- Household utensils -- Medical -- Dr. Slop., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Physicians, Servants, Maps, Chairs, and Brooms & brushes