Courier anglois [graphic]

Description

Title: Courier anglois [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 February 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, 13th Feby. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
Abstract: "Satire on an English post courier (as opposed to a French courier, see British Museum Satires No. 4737): a man on horseback, blowing a horn, with an enormous sack at his back; he rides along a country road towards the right where a gibbet stands with two hanging bodies."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title from text below image.
Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
Early state. For later states with altered imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Likely companion print to: Courier francois.
Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki; Feb. 1961;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 30.4 x 43 cm, on sheet 33 x 45 cm
Language: French

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Soft-ground etchings England London 1773
Material: soft-ground etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Horseback riding
Bags
Delivering
Horns (Communication devices)
Hangings (Executions)
Gallows
Subjects: Horseback riding
Bags
Delivering
Horns (Communication devices)
Hangings (Executions)
Gallows
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

Access: Public
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