Le fameux Blaise Lacoste, Limosin. F.R.S. [graphic]

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Title: Le fameux Blaise Lacoste, Limosin. F.R.S. [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1, 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Abstract: A full-length ‪view of a young, French macaroni in profile facing left, stands beside a donkey whose reins he holds in his right hand. On the left, a dog jumps at the pair
Description: Title from text below image.
Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22.5 x 20.8 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.5 x 20.8 cm, on sheet 27 x 24 cm
Language: English
French

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Drypoints England London 1773
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dandies
French
Donkeys
Subjects: Dandies > French
Donkeys
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

Access: Public
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