Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 5. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 45. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman standing on a hill-side looking away to left, her hands joined under her apron, wearing a broad-brimmed hat over a veil, a cross and chain around her neck and a gown with a laced bodice, holding a crook in the crook of her left arm with...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 2d Feb. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Volume 2, page 25. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 39. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman stands in front of a cliff, facing right, wearing a dress and a hat; a stringed instrument, which she grasps with both hands, is slung around her shoulders with a ribbon or strap; the roof of a cottage, some trees, and the side of a moun...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 10th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Peasants, Clothing & dress, Stringed instruments, and Dwellings
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 5. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 97. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman standing in a field, in profile to right, head turned towards the viewer, holding a distaff under her left arm, wearing a gown with a laced bodice, apron, fihcu and a soft hat, with two goats and a child beside her to right who throws u...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 2d Feb. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
"Satire on the English: a family in descending order of height, the father in military uniform, the daughter an identical version of her mother, and the smallest boy dressed as a jester.."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Genty, rue St. Jacques, No. 14
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Fools & jesters, Ethnic stereotypes, and Families
"Bond Street, the pavement receding diagonally from left to right, is thronged with fashionable pedestrians. In the foreground five fashionably dressed men advance, forming a phalanx which pushes on to the cobbled roadway a lady, dressed rather for th...
Alternative Title:
Politesse du grande monde
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 27th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowds, Etiquette, Show windows, and Window displays
A parody on the French fashions: The woman wears a gigantic headdress, the top of which incorporates a windmill, battlements, and a small man defecating over her forehead. She walks carefully on the cobblestone street in high heeled shoes and holds a...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Children, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Headdresses, Windmills, and Defecation
"A handsome young Highland officer walks arm-in-arm with a slightly taller young woman. Her hair under her flat feathered hat is in a small bag or net of tartan. Behind these walk in single file the family descending in height. First, a youth in Highl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Genty, rue St. Jacques, No. 14
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dogs, Ethnic stereotypes, Families, and Kilts
"Copy of a French print. Two fantastically dressed couples dance, but in different manners. One pair (left) dance side by side, the man's right arm on his partner's waist, her left arm on his shoulder. The other couple face each other, the lady leanin...
Alternative Title:
Bon genre, 1810
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Dépose à la Bibliot. Nat., Rue Montmartre, No. 132, et à Londres, chéz H. Humphrey, St. James Street, No. 27
