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1. A school of Athens dedicated to the illustrious inheritress of her fame in professors of arts & sciences, the University of Cambridge. O matre pulchra filia pulchrior! / [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 January 1778]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 137. Bunbury album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A satire on Cambridge. The interior of a large room showing two sash windows, through one of which (left) is seen part of the south side of the Senate House, through the other, the tower of St. Mary's Church, both drawn with topographical accuracy. Between the two windows is a niche in which is a statue of Athene holding her shield; in her outstretched left hand is held out a laurel wreath towards some men beneath her who have entered from a door on the right. Her owl sits beside her on the stump of a tree. Beneath the title is etched, "dedicated to the illustrious Inheritress of her fame in Professors of Arts & Sciences, the University of Cambridge O Matre pulchra Filia pulchrior!" Immediately below Athene, and concealing the lower part of her draperies a man stands on a high rostrum covered with a cloth. He wears a furred academic gown and bands, and holds out a rolled document in his right hand. Immediately below the rostrum a man, not in academic dress, is seated at a table writing. He is in profile to the right looking towards four men who have entered from the right through an open door, apparently 'professors of Arts and Sciences', whose names he is recording. The foremost of these is a dancing-master who stands holding a bow in his right hand, a kit or small fiddle in his left. Next is a rough-looking elderly man wearing a round hat and long coat. The other two are middle-aged, one holding his hat and a cane and accompanied by a dog. On the left, and behind the chair of the man writing, are two other 'professors'; a fencing-master, wearing a fencing-jacket, stands in back view, turning his head in profile to the right, his left arm raised, holding his foil horizontally. Behind him stands a thin man wearing a hat, one hand in his waistcoat pocket, the other thrust in his waistcoat."--British Museum catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image; the letters "n" in "Athens", "inheritress", and "University" are etched backwards., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 137 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: University of Cambridge,
Subject (Topic):: Athena, Universities & colleges, Interiors, Windows, Sculpture, Shields, Wreaths, Owls, Robes, Tables, Writing, Teachers, Violins, Fencers, Staffs (Sticks), and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A school of Athens dedicated to the illustrious inheritress of her fame in professors of arts & sciences, the University of Cambridge. O matre pulchra filia pulchrior! / [graphic]

2. Grace before meat, or, A peep at Lord Peter's [graphic].

Published / Created:: [approximately November 1778]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: George III at table with the queen and seated between Lord and Lady Petre with nine other persons while a tall monk stands on the left saying grace. A crucifix and picture of a saint on the wall mark this as an anti-Catholic satire occasioned by the King's visit to Lord Petre in October of 1778 after the passing of the Catholic Relief Act
Alternative Title:: Peep at Lord Peter's
Description:: Title etched below image., Date from British Museum catalogue., Also attributed to Gillray., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.2 x 37.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Sold by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Petre, Robert Edward Petre, Baron, 1742-1801
Subject (Topic):: Anti-Catholicism, Prayer, Monks, Dining tables, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Grace before meat, or, A peep at Lord Peter's [graphic].

3. The talle-ho' parson standing at bay [graphic].

Published / Created:: Sepr. 14, 1778.
Call Number:: 778.09.14.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A clergyman in bands and gown, his hat on the pavement, squares up to a watchman holding a lantern and stick, his fists raised. He has evidently knocked out one watchman already, who lies on the ground, wig dislodged and still touching his lantern, while a third approaches from the left. Possibly from a series featuring a pugnacious parson's brushes with the law
Description:: Title etched below image., For another print featuring the same characters, see no. 5520 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Watchmen, Lanterns, Staffs (Sticks), and Fighting
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The talle-ho' parson standing at bay [graphic].

4. [A school of Athens] [graphic].

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not after 3 January 1778]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 135. Bunbury album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A satire on Cambridge. The interior of a large room showing two sash windows, through one of which (left) is seen part of the south side of the Senate House, through the other, the tower of St. Mary's Church, both drawn with topographical accuracy. Between the two windows is a niche in which is a statue of Athene holding her shield; in her outstretched left hand is held out a laurel wreath towards some men beneath her who have entered from a door on the right. Her owl sits beside her on the stump of a tree. ... Immediately below Athene, and concealing the lower part of her draperies a man stands on a high rostrum covered with a cloth. He wears a furred academic gown and bands, and holds out a rolled document in his right hand. Immediately below the rostrum a man, not in academic dress, is seated at a table writing. He is in profile to the right looking towards four men who have entered from the right through an open door, apparently 'professors of Arts and Sciences', whose names he is recording. The foremost of these is a dancing-master who stands holding a bow in his right hand, a kit or small fiddle in his left. Next is a rough-looking elderly man wearing a round hat and long coat. The other two are middle-aged, one holding his hat and a cane and accompanied by a dog. On the left, and behind the chair of the man writing, are two other 'professors'; a fencing-master, wearing a fencing-jacket, stands in back view, turning his head in profile to the right, his left arm raised, holding his foil horizontally. Behind him stands a thin man wearing a hat, one hand in his waistcoat pocket, the other thrust in his waistcoat."--British Museum catalogue, description of a later state
Description:: Title from later state., Artist, printmaker, and date of publication from statements of responsibility on later state: T.O. invt. & delt. ; Js. Bretherton f. 3d Jany. 1778., Proof before letters. For a later state with lettering, see no. 5510 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 135 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: University of Cambridge,
Subject (Topic):: Athena, Universities & colleges, Interiors, Windows, Sculpture, Shields, Wreaths, Owls, Robes, Tables, Writing, Teachers, Violins, Fencers, Staffs (Sticks), and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A school of Athens] [graphic].

5. [Landscape with three figures and classical ruins] in the cabinet at Houghton / [graphic]

Creator:: Mason, James, 1710-1783, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 December 1778]
Call Number:: Drawer 778.12.01.07
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title devised by cataloger; other title information from caption below image., Text below other title information: Size of the picture, 1 f. 2 i. by 1 f. 6 1/2 i. in length., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate LII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 1., and On same sheet: [Landscape with six figures outside a small town].
Publisher:: Published Decr. 1st, 1778, by Jno. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Landscape with three figures and classical ruins] in the cabinet at Houghton / [graphic]