Courier anglois [graphic]Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker[13 February 1773]fre"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 stateTitle 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.