Verse - "A noble young 'squire that liv'd in the west,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by ornamental rules.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 129. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Landscape, with rolling hills dotted with trees in the distance, a cloud-filled sky above. Several houses sit at the base of the hills, in the middle distance at left; a field separates the houses from a river, which curves from the left towards the c...
A man with a stag's head in a bag wig, saying "Alas my Friend Fox, We are in the wrong Box," shakes hands with a man with a fox's head, also in a bag wig, who responds "Indeed my true Buck. We have very bad luck." They represent, respectively, Lord Jo...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Barrow Jany. 21, 1783. White Lion Bull Stairs Surry side Black Friars Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796
Subject (Topic):
Foxes, Deer, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
George III in profile to the right on a white horse rides down a stag which is under the hoofs of his rearing horse. He wears the Windsor uniform (blue coat with red collar and cuffs) and holds a riding-whip above his head. A wooded landscape suggests...
Alternative Title:
Modern Saint George
Description:
Imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1788 for I. and I.B. by R. Clamp, Holborn
Subject (Name):
George, Saint, -303., West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
