Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1780]
Call Number:
Bunbury 780.03.01.01+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 17. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two women playing chess, seated at opposite sides of a square table, a young man standing behind watching as the player at left makes her move, all three dressed in turbans, three dogs in the foreground, pillars with drapes behind; oval design after ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st March 1780 by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1780]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 17. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two women playing chess, seated at opposite sides of a square table, a young man standing behind watching as the player at left makes her move, all three dressed in turbans, three dogs in the foreground, pillars with drapes behind; oval design after ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st March 1780 by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street
A medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two furt...
Description:
Title from print in upper right.
Publisher:
Geo. Bickham
Subject (Geographic):
Greece.
Subject (Name):
Dennis, John, 1657-1734., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Harte, Walter, 1709-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pegasus, Coins, Columns, Musical instruments, Puzzles, Ruins, and Wells
A medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two furt...
Alternative Title:
New deceptio visus, or, A guinea for a shilling
Description:
Title from print in upper right.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Greece.
Subject (Name):
Dennis, John, 1657-1734., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Harte, Walter, 1709-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pegasus, Coins, Columns, Musical instruments, Puzzles, Ruins, and Wells
"An elegant young woman in a décolletée dress with bare arms, and a fat elderly monk (right) embrace. Their profiles are concealed behind the pillar supporting the double arch through which the confessional is seen."--British Museum online catalogue...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Monks, Hugging, Confessionals, Columns, and Arches
"Interior of the coal exchange on Lower Thames Street; a central window in ceiling surrounded by Ionic columns; below window a circular structure surrounded by men, other men standing in groups around sides of room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 May 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of the Corn Exchange; a small paved square with Doric colonnade, with ballustrade around gallery above; groups of men gather in space, some conversing over sacks of corn on central tables."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Septr.1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of the grand hall, during a formal dinner; four long tables lin room, the central two joined at far end; Corinthian pillasters framing hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Jany. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Mansion House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Halls, Events, Interiors, Columns, and Chandeliers
publish'd according to act of Parliament, July 1st 1769.
Call Number:
769.07.01.01+
Collection Title:
Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire, with references to the Duke of Grafton and Nancy Parsons and Lord Bute and Princess Augusta."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quality dinner hour
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Maynard, Annabella Parsons, Viscountess, d. 1814 or 15
"John Bull, blindfold, stands on a massive truncated pillar holding the beam of a pair of scales. In one scale (left), near the ground, Mrs. Clarke sits composedly among a mass of papers, holding one inscribed My dear Dearest Dearest Darling [see Brit...
Alternative Title:
John Bull as Justice weighing a commander
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Johnstone, 101 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Britannia (Symbolic character), Political corruption, History, Sex, Political aspects, Justice, Blindfolds, Scales, Columns, and Bishops
