High life below stairs as it was represented at Cashiobury, the seat of the Earl of Essex / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- High life below stairs as it was represented at Cashiobury, the seat of the Earl of Essex / [graphic]
- Creator
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Contributor
- Orde, Thomas, Baron Bolton, 1746-1807, artist.
- Published / Created
- publish'd 23d Feby. 1774.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A bench in a kitchen on which are seated, from left to right: the coachman, half asleep; the huge cook seated facing us, arms akimbo; and a rather drowsy black boy. A shelf with pots and pans on it is on the wall to the left. At the extreme right is a grandfather clock. There are two drawings pinned to the wall
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Three lines of dialogue etched below title: Coachman: You go." Cook: Hang me if I go." Kingston: Mollsey, Pollsey go."
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Theater: High life below stairs -- Amateur theatricals -- Domestic service: Coachman -- Kingston -- Black foot-boy -- Reference to William Ann Holles, earl of Essex, 1732-1799.
Watermark, trimmed. - Provenance
- Suckling; May 1956.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26.1 x 29 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Bunbury 774.02.23.01.2+ Impression 1
- Collection Title
- Page 71. Bunbury album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1780 and 1794]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Etchings England London 1774
Drypoints England London 1774
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Subject (Topic)
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Blacks
Coach drivers
Cooks
Servants
Longcase clocks
Theatrical productions - Subjects
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Townley, James, 1714-1778
Blacks
Coach drivers
Cooks
Servants
Longcase clocks
Theatrical productions
England > 1774
England > London > 1774
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10132815
- Object ID (OID)
- 10716275