Newmarket a shot at a pigeon / [graphic]

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Title: Newmarket a shot at a pigeon / [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd 1st March 1777.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire on a gullible young gambler; a street scene with a group of local Newmarket men and a small boy pointing at an open-mouthed young gentleman his right hand in his pocket holding a riding whip accompanied by an Italian greyhound; a street dog defecates in front of the young man; the wall behind the men has been chalked with the name of the famous racehorse Mambrino; in the distance three men converse outside a building."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Imprint statement lightly etched and barely visible.
Companion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a hawk.
Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket -- Slang: Pigeon.
1 print : etching and drypoint with rocker on laid paper ; sheet 24.5 x 26.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Watermark, trimmed.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 26.9 cm, on sheet 27 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Etchings England London 1777
Drypoints England London 1777
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and drypoint with rocker ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Gambling
Whips
Dogs
Subjects: Gambling
Whips
Dogs
England > 1777
England > London > 1777

Access: Public
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