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1. A Sunday evening [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd 7th December 1772.
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 79. Bunbury album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A family scene of barren discomfort. An elderly man (left) in profile to the right sits in a high-backed wooden arm-chair asleep. Next him his wife sits asleep, her hands clasped, her left elbow supported on a table. At the table sits a boy asleep over a book. On the right, very upright on the edge of her chair, sits a middle-aged woman, wearing a low bodice, her hair dressed high. In the foreground a dog and cat are fighting. The room is lit by one guttering candle which stands on the table. A window and a door are indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 79 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Families, Sleeping, Candles, Dogs, and Cats
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Sunday evening [graphic]

2. Contadina della Savoja [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [30 April 1772]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Volume 1, page 5. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 43. Bunbury
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A young woman standing on a mountain-top, looking away to left, her hands tucked under her apron, wearing a gown with a laced bodice, fichu and a soft hat, with a shaggy dog beside her to right and a little boy chasing a butterfly in front of her, with a church at the foot of mountains in the background to left; after Bunbury."--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., Mounted on page 43 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.4 x 17.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs April 30th, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Italy.
Subject (Topic):: Peasants, Clothing & dress, Children, and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Contadina della Savoja [graphic]

3. Eques Cantab [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [May 1772]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Volume 1, page 3. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 85. Bunbury
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on a Cambridge academic riding to the races: a man with a macaroni queue and holding a hooked stick riding along a rode past a signpost pointing towards Newmarket and away from Cambridge; in the distance on the left a church tower rises above trees, on the right King's College Chapel and another tower."--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: Cambridge: Trinity College Chapel -- Newmarket., Mounted on page 85 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 20.0 x 24.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs May 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: University of Cambridge,
Subject (Topic):: Horseback riding and Traffic signs & signals
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Eques Cantab [graphic]

4. Madle. Heinel in the character of a Sultana [graphic]

Creator:: Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
Published / Created:: 15 April 1772.
Call Number:: 771.12.01.04+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Anna Friedrike Heinel, in character; whole length, dancing, in costume; wearing layered skirt, bodice with garland, beads and feather in hair, and choker; after Brandoin."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Mlle Heinel in the character of a sultana and Mademoiselle Heinel in the character of a sultana
Description:: Title engraved below image., Printed on same sheet: The Pretty Savoyard girl., and Watermark: J Taylor.
Publisher:: Printed for R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, as the act directs
Subject (Name):: Heinel, Anna, 1753-1808,
Subject (Topic):: Costumes, Actresses, and Dancers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Madle. Heinel in the character of a Sultana [graphic]

5. Masquerade scene, Kensington Gardens [graphic]

Creator:: 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
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Masquerade scene, Kensington Gardens [graphic]

6. Strephon & Chloe [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd 28th Novr. 1772.
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 67. Bunbury album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on age and pretension: a caricatured elderly couple dancing together; behind two people laugh at them through a window; on the wall to right is a bill lettered, "Assembly / Hockley in the Hole / H Hog master of the ceremonies"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Strephon and Chloe
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Theater -- Travesties: Strephon & Chloe., and Mounted on page 67 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Strephon & Chloe [graphic]

7. The Fish-Street macaroni [graphic]

Creator:: 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
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Merchants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Fish-Street macaroni [graphic]

8. The Houndsditch macaroni [graphic]

Creator:: 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
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Houndsditch macaroni [graphic]

9. The Newmarket macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:: publish'd as the act directs [...?] [1772?]
Call Number:: 42 W67 852B
Collection Title:: 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
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Dandies, British, Riding habits, Whips, Boots, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Newmarket macaroni [graphic].