A militia meeting [graphic]

Description

Title: A militia meeting [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 January 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, 2d Jany. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Abstract: A satire showing three men all with caricatured faces stand in front of two men, one of whom is obese and points to them, sit at a table. Behind them pinned to the wall are a map and portrait. Two dogs, one large and black and the other small and white, raise their paws at each other
Description: Title from text below image.
Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
Later state, with slight alterations to the design. For an earlier state with less drypoint shading, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 773.01.02.02.1+.
Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject.
Watermark: L.V.G.
Provenance: Suckling; 1922;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.5 x 40 cm, on sheet 29 x 41 cm
Edition: [State with additional drypoint shading].
Language: English

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): Military uniforms
Dogs
Maps
Subjects: Military uniforms
Dogs
Maps
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

Access: Public
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