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. B...
Description:
Title etched below image; the letters "n" in "Athens", "inheritress", and "University" are etched backwards.
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. B...
Political satire: Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, in his Lord Chancellor's wig and robe, faces Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wears an undergraduate's mortarboard and gown. Wellington was Chancellor of the University of Oxf...
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Published by I.B. Brookes, 9, New Bond Street ... and Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, 52 Newman Stt
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Wigs, Robes, Academic costumes, and Mortarboards (Caps)