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:
[30 January 1773]
Call Number:
Bunbury 773.01.30.01+
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:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Text below title: Vide Tris. Shandy, vol. 2d., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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 -- Male headdress: Pig-tail -- Furniture: Ladder-back chairs -- Household utensils -- Dr. Slop., and Watermark: L.V.G.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 30th Jany. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Military uniforms, British, Physicians, Servants, Maps, Chairs, and Brooms & brushes
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
Title etched at bottom of image., Variant state without numbering. Cf. No. 4643 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Racing horses: 'Eclipse' -- Betting post -- Nosegays -- Male dress: Great-coat., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pub. May 12, 1773, by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Name):
O'Kelly, Dennis, approximately 1720-1787
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Race horses, and Signs (Notices)
A young man seated on a chair holds his head up while a young woman sitting astride in his lap shaves his neck. On the floor is an ornate carpet and pictures adorn the walls on either side of an oval mirror
Description:
Title engraved below image., Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.3 16., Initial letters of publisher's name form a monogram., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Floor coverings, Mirrors, Paintings, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
A young woman reclining on a sofa looks adoringly at a young man who, kneeling with one knee on the sofa in front of her, draws the horns of a cuckold on the portrait of a stout, older man above them. On either side of the portrait are two ornate, oval mirrors. The picture on the wall amplifies subject of the print
Description:
Title engraved below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.3 8., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Buck and blood flourishing macaroni Ld [...]-----* playing a solo on the jelly glasses
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '10' in upper right of plate., Tenth plate in the series: Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr. Series title appears only on the first plate., The final "s" in "glasses" is reversed., Another state, with alterations in title, of No. 5121 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Flowers: nosegay -- Wigs: club wig -- Glasses: jelly glasses -- Medical equipment: wooden leg., Watermark: countermark I V., and Letter before ----* in title erased from this impression.
" A grave-digger (l.) resting on his spade holds out in his left hand a decayed skull towards a skeleton-like man wearing an old-fashioned tie-wig, who is sitting on a rectangular tomb while he leans his right. elbow on another tomb at right angles to his seat. This man holds a scythe in his left hand, a pen in his right. He uses the second tomb as a writing table; an ink-pot stands upon it. His hand rests on two papers inscribed "Marcus Aurelius Servius Tullius . . ." and "Addison - Dr. Swift". From the jaws of the skull held by the grave-digger issue the words,"Life is a jest & all things shew it I thought so once but now I know it." In the foreground are bones and a skull; in the background (l.) a rat scampers away."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '11' in upper right of plate., Evidently a caricature of Lord Lyttelton (1709-73), author of 'Dialogues of the Dead'. He was noted for his thin, lanky figure and awkward bearing, see 'The Motion', British Museum satire no. 2479. He died in August 1773., Eleventh plate in the series Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr. Series title appears only on the first of twelve plates., Another state, with altered title, of no. 5122 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Quotation from My Own Epitaph by John Gay (1685-1732)., Watermark., and Letters preceding and following dashes in title erased from this impression.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.03.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Obadiah (left) mounted on the coach-horse at full gallop attempts to pull up his horse, leaning back in the saddle, his cap in his right hand. On the ground is Dr. Slop's pony. Behind the pony on the right. Dr. Slop lies on his back; a spotted dog prances over him. The doctor lies under a sign-post terminating in a hand pointing "To Shandy Hall". Behind the coach-horse, which is wearing blinkers, is the angle of a high garden wall, in the distance (right) is a church spire among trees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Overthrow of Doctor Slop
Description:
Title etched 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. 5215 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Four lines of text below image, two on either side of title: "When Obadiah & his coach horse turn'd the corner rapid, furious, pop, full upon him ..." Vide vol. 1st, Tristram Shandy., One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., and Watermark.
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, Horseback riding, Accidents, Dogs, and Traffic signs & signals